Sidi Ali Reis

Kanuni Sultan Süleyman had reigned for forty-six years (1520-1566) and this was the most successful period of the Ottoman Empire. “It reached a pitch of grandeur and prosperity which was never afterwards surpassed, and from which it soon began to decline.” (www.osmanli700.gen.tr) However Padishah’s magnificence was not the only reason that makes this period so important and influential. There were lots of influential men such as Sokullu Mehmet Pasha in …

…me very much. “In all the world there is no country like Turkey, no sovereign like our Padishah and no army like the Turkish. From East to West the fame of Ottoman troops has spread. For victory fallows their banner wherever they go. May God keep Turkey in wealth and prosperity until the last day shall down. May he preserve our Padishah in health and happiness and our troops ever victorious. Amen!” (Mirat ul Memalik, 235)