{"id":85836,"date":"2023-04-20T15:50:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T12:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azbuki.bg\/?p=85836"},"modified":"2025-08-05T16:39:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:39:24","slug":"grand-vizier-koprulu-mehmed-pashas-fortifications-along-the-northern-black-sea-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science.azbuki.bg\/en\/uncategorized\/grand-vizier-koprulu-mehmed-pashas-fortifications-along-the-northern-black-sea-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Vizier K\u00f6pr\u00fcl\u00fc Mehmed Pasha\u2019s Fortifications along the Northern Black Sea Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mahmut Halef Cevrio\u011flu<\/strong>
\nIzmir Katip Celebi University (T\u00fcrkiye)<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/his2023-2-1-gra<\/a><\/p>\n

Abstract.<\/strong> Ottoman historiography has focused on the construction activity of the Grand Vizier K\u00f6pr\u00fcl\u00fc Mehmed Pasha with reference to the castles he got built in Western Anatolia. Nevertheless, his endeavours to fortify the Black Sea coasts of the Ottoman Empire attracted less attention. This study seeks to describe and clarify K\u00f6pr\u00fcl\u00fc Mehmed Pasha\u2019s defensive construction projects against Cossack naval raids in two separate zones of the Northern Black Sea: the Don and the Dnieper. This study relies on contemporary European reports, Ottoman archival material and related literature. It suggests that K\u00f6pr\u00fcl\u00fc Mehmed Pasha reinforced the protection of the Don estuary by commissioning the construction of a castle (Sedd-i \u0130slam) on the one hand, and two self-standing towers on the other in 1660. As for the Dnieper, the pasha commanded the Do\u011fange\u00e7idi Castle\u2019s construction in 1661, which was completed in 1662. Highlighting this dynamic building activity, the present essay suggests that K\u00f6pr\u00fcl\u00fc Mehmed Pasha\u2019s invigoration of the northern frontiers of the Ottoman Empire should not be overshadowed by the conquests he is rather associated with.
\nKeywords: K\u00f6pr\u00fcl\u00fc Mehmed Pasha (1656 \u2013 1661); Ottoman frontiers; the Black Sea; Cossacks; Sedd-i \u0130slam, Liutik; Do\u011fange\u00e7idi<\/p>\n

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Mahmut Halef Cevrio\u011flu Izmir Katip Celebi University (T\u00fcrkiye) https:\/\/doi.org\/10.53656\/his2023-2-1-gra Abstract. Ottoman historiography has focused on the construction activity of the Grand Vizier K\u00f6pr\u00fcl\u00fc Mehmed Pasha with reference to the castles he got built in Western Anatolia. Nevertheless, his endeavours to fortify the Black Sea coasts of the Ottoman Empire attracted less attention. 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