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@guel-sen.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 4:35 PM

Here is one of the best-known depictions of the Battle of Lepanto in October 1571.

Lepanto is today's Nafpaktos in western Greece; Ottoman Turkish: İnebahtı

The image represents the Holy League’s victory over the Ottoman fleet. 🧵1/

#MaritimeHistory #EarlyModern #OttomanHistory #galleys #ships

Here is one of the best-known depictions of the Battle of Lepanto in October 1571. (Lepanto is today's Nafpaktos in western Greece; Ottoman Turkish: İnebahtı) The image represents the Holy League’s victory over the Ottoman fleet. mage: Ignazio Danti, Battle of Lepanto, c. 1580, fresco, Gallery of Geographical Maps, Vatican Museums, Vatican City, based on a 1572 engraving by Fernando Bertelli. The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus was the immediate trigger for the formation of the Holy League. The victory has traditionally been portrayed as a decisive triumph of Christian Europe over Ottoman expansion and a symbolic turning point in the Mediterranean. Recent scholarship has challenged the traditional portrayal of Lepanto as a decisive turning point. It has emphasized its limited immediate strategic consequences and the Ottomans’ rapid reconstruction of their naval power. Here are three references: On the conventional narrative and how this interpretation was itself shaped by early modern Catholic political and religious discourse: Stefan Hanß. War and Peace: Shaping Politics in Reformation Germany after the Battle of Lepanto. (2017). On Lepanto's long-lasting impact on European literature, art, diplomacy, and representations of Muslims: Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies, Issue 1: Seeing the Turk after Lepanto: visions of the Ottomans and Islam in Spain and Italy. 2018. On the rapid reconstruction of the Ottoman fleet after L. within 6 months: Bulent Ari/Luca Zan “Shipbuilding and Early Forms of Modern Management: Six Months to Rebuild the Ottoman Fleet after the Defeat at Lepanto,” (2024)
@guel-sen.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 6:03 PM

Now open access:
Faidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou, The Early Modern Zagori of Northwest Greece: An Interdisciplinary Archaeological Inquiry into a Montane Cultural Landscape (Sidestone Press, 2022). 🧵1/

#EarlyModern #BookSky #OttomanHistory #Books #Greece #Zagori

The image of the cover of: Faidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou, The Early Modern Zagori of Northwest Greece: An Interdisciplinary Archaeological Inquiry into a Montane Cultural Landscape (Sidestone Press, 2022)."Contrary to the dominant nationalist historiography, it demonstrates the continuity of regional elites from the Byzantine to Ottoman period in Epirus and reveals how this shaped settlement patterns and elite/non-elite sedentary adaptations in this montane region." from the abstract.
@guel-sen.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 6:01 PM

This peninsula is a living palimpsest: layers of #Hellenistic, #Roman, #Byzantine, #Seljuk, and #Ottomanhistory all in one place.
After the conquest, Sultan Alaeddin Keykubat I (r. 1220–37) extensively developed the existing fortifications, adding the Red Tower and Shipyard. 2/

📷Oct. 3, 2026

This peninsula is a living palimpsest: layers of Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk, and Ottoman history all in one place. After the conquest, Sultan Alaeddin Keykubat I (r. 1220–37) extensively developed the existing fortifications, adding the Red Tower and Shipyard. Together, these structures formed a remarkable system of medieval maritime defense.
@guel-sen.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 7:42 AM

Here is an exciting CfP "Travellers in Ottoman Lands. Salonica, Rumeli, and beyond... Journey Across Cultures and Identities.
Thessaloniki, Greece, April 21-24, 2027

Deadline for submission of proposals: Nov. 15.

👉https://travellersinottomanlands.com/next-seminar/

#OttomanHistory #CfP

@gorgiaspress.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 2:22 PM

📢 🔓 📖 Open Access Release!
We are delighted to announce that "A Bibliography of Late Ottoman Migration and the Making of a Global Middle Eastern Diaspora, 1854–1924", by @fergusnicoll.bsky.social, is in print.
www.gorgiaspress.com/a-bibliograp... #OttomanHistory #Bibliography #Migration #OpenAccess

@guel-sen.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 10:35 AM

An insightful piece that also makes a valuable contribution to #OttomanHistory

Mark S Dawson. "What’s in a Name? The Inoculation of Smallpox in Early Eighteenth-Century Britain" Social History of Medicine, August 2026.
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@guel-sen.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 6:47 PM

September 28, 1538: The Battle of Preveza

Hayreddin Barbarossa’s Ottoman fleet faced Andrea Doria’s Holy-League fleet off Preveza. This victory secured Ottoman naval dominance in the eastern Mediterranean for the next 33 years.
In the 🧵are some details. 1/

#MaritimeHistory #OttomanHistory #galley

September 28, 1538: Hayreddin Barbarossa’s Ottoman fleet faced Andrea Doria’s Holy-League fleet off Preveza. This victory secured Ottoman naval dominance in the eastern Mediterranean for the next 33 years. The Ottoman fleet consisted of 122 rowing vessels (galleys and galleons), while the Holy League fleet comprised more than 600 vessels (galleys, galleons, sailing ships). There is some variation in the sources, particularly regarding the League's ship numbers. I've taken these numbers from the Ottoman naval historian Katib Celebi's (d. 1657) Tuhfet el-kibar fi asfar el-bihar ("The Gift to Dignitaries Concerning Naval Warfare") which covers the history of Ottoman naval warfare up to the mid-17th century. The Holy League was an alliance of naval forces from Venice, Spain, the Papal States, Genoa, Maltese Knights, and the Duchy of Mantua. The Ottoman fleet incorporated experienced North African corsair personnel, particularly those associated with Algiers. Image credit: "Prevesa Naval Battle" Oil painting by Ohannes Umed BEHZAD, 1866. Dimensions: 125 x 200 cm. Beşiktaş Naval Museum Command.
@gorgiaspress.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 1:25 PM

"This bibliography shows a very impressive work of industry on a subject in which scholarship is scattered not only in its geographical focus but also in terms of the nature of the material." Anthony Gorman, University of Edinburgh
www.gorgiaspress.com/a-bibliograp... #OttomanHistory #comingsoon

@guel-sen.bsky.socialSep 20, 2026, 8:16 PM

September 17, 1571 , Corfu.
On the eve of the Battle of Lepanto (Ott. İnebahtı)

📷taken from "Die grossen Seeschlachten. Lepanto 1571, FinixComics , 2018

#MaritimeHistory #OttomanHistory #Mediterranean #Corfu #Greece
#galleys #ships #galleyslaves #oarsmen

The Battle of Lepanto 1571
@guel-sen.bsky.socialSep 19, 2026, 10:06 AM

A tragic maritime incident in September 18, 1890:

The Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul undertook a diplomatic mission to Japan in 1890, following Prince Komatsu Akihito’s visit to Istanbul in 1887.
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#MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #OttomanHistory #Japan #EntangledHistory #Ships #Shipwrecks

@syriacpress-en.bsky.socialSep 17, 2026, 2:37 PM

What Unites Us — Part 6: Unsung Heroes of Erzurum and Bayburt | By Musa Ergin

#ArmenianGenocide #Sayfo #SayfoGenocide #Erzurum #Bayburt #OttomanHistory #GenocideHistory #HasanMazharBey

https://syriacpress.com/blog/2026/09/17/what-unites-us-part-6-unsung-heroes-of-erzurum-and-bayburt/

@marifaai.bsky.socialSep 12, 2026, 7:19 AM

The Daily Post — Ottoman Empire | POV · Part 2 📰

Beyond rulers and conquests — explore the people, cities, culture, and lasting legacy of the Ottoman Empire with Marifa & Abu Ibrahim.

youtube.com/shorts/neR3F...

#MarifaAI #TheDailyPost #OttomanEmpire #OttomanHistory #IslamicHistory #HistoryPOV

@marifaai.bsky.socialSep 12, 2026, 6:49 AM

The Library —Ottoman Empire |POV · Part 1 📚

Step into the Ottoman Empire exploring its rulers,cities,architecture, culture,people & lasting legacy through the eyes of Marifa & Abu Ibrahim.

youtube.com/shorts/c43ja...

#MarifaAI #TheLibrary #OttomanEmpire #OttomanHistory #IslamicHistory #HistoryPOV

@marifaai.bsky.socialSep 11, 2026, 3:12 AM

The Library —Ottoman Empire |POV · Part 1📚

Step into the Ottoman world —its cities,architecture,people & places,& experience one of history’s longest-lasting empires.

YouTube⁠: youtube.com/shorts/Otr5T...

#MarifaAI #TheLibrary #OttomanEmpire #OttomanHistory #IslamicHistory #HistoryPOV

@marifaai.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 8:40 AM

Ottoman Empire — the Islamic world of Istanbul and beyond, brought to life through its places and details.

From Istanbul and Bursa to the cities, markets, architecture, homes, landscapes, and material culture of the Ottoman period.

#OttomanEmpire #IslamicHistory #OttomanHistory #MarifaAI

@guel-sen.bsky.socialSep 9, 2026, 2:15 PM

Proofs just arrived!
Book chapter "Transottoman Imperial Courts in the Early Modern Period: Comparing Istanbul and Moscow/Saint Petersburg" written together with Alexander Bauer @sascha06.bsky.social (Mainz).

- Stay tuned😊

#OttomanHistory #RussianHistory #EarlyModern

The image shows the first page of the Book chapter "Transottoman Imperial Courts in the Early Modern Period: Comparing Istanbul and Moscow/Saint Petersburg" written by Gül Şen and Alexander Bauer
@culturedjinni.bsky.socialSep 6, 2026, 8:18 PM

Dark Side History: Slavery in Algiers (1578-1805) youtu.be/Zx-EkGoK7I4?... via @YouTube #Algiers #AlgiersHistory #Slavery #BarbaryCorsairs #BarbaryStates #OttomanHistory #MediterraneanHistory #EarlyModernHistory #HistoryOfSlavery #NorthAfricanHistory

@guel-sen.bsky.socialSep 6, 2026, 6:21 PM

The Ottoman Admiral Seydi Ali Reis (d. 1562) wrote his book in 1557 Mirat ul Memalik (The Mirror of Countries) on his naval exhibition among others in the Indian Ocean in 1553-1556. Here is the English translation by Ármin Vámbéry 1899.

#MaritimeHistory #OttomanHistory #IndianOcean #Navigation

Title page of the English translation by Ármin Vámbéry in 1899: Mirat ul-Memalik (The Mirror of Countries) , written by of the Ottoman Admiral Seydi Ali Reis (d. 1562) on his naval exhibition among others in the Indian Ocean in 1553-1556.