Battle of Turnadağ
Battle of Turnadağ | |||||||
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Sultan Selim is hunting tigers while marching on the Beylik of Dulkadir. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ottoman Empire | Beylik of Dulkadir | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Hadim Sinan Pasha | Ala al-Dawla Bozkurt † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
40,000 | Unknown |
The Battle of Turnadağ was an engagement between the forces of the Ottoman Empire and the Beylik of Dulkadir of Turkey in 1515.
Background
The
Ottoman Army and constantly raided its supply lines.[1]
After the campaign
After his
Ali Bey
, a relative of Bozkurt, who had previously defected to the Ottomans, was with Sinan as a guide.
The battle
Early fighting took place on 13 June 1515 close to
cavalry charge. Although the Ottomans were victorious, Bozkurt was able to escape to southeast. The final clash was in Turnadağ, a mountain range now called Nurhak in Kahramanmaraş Province. At the end of the battle, Dulkadir army was totally defeated. Both Bozkurt and his sons were killed in the battle.[2]
Aftermath
After the battle, Beylik of Dulkadir ceased to exist. It was converted to an Ottoman sanjak, (Ottoman administrative unit). The first governor of the sanjak became Ali Bey of the Dulkadir. Hadim Sinan Pasha was promoted to be the grand vizier. The next year, Selim I waged a war against Egypt, and Egypt as well as Syria and Palestine came under the Ottoman rule.
References
- ^ Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi Cilt II, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991, p 241-242
- ^ "Bizim Elbistan newspaper {{in lang|tr}}". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-04-03.