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Fooling the Sultan: Information, Decision-Making and the “Mediterranean Faction” (1585-1587)

Cilt: 45 Sayı: 45 9 Mart 2015
  • Emrah Safa Gürkan *
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Fooling the Sultan: Information, Decision-Making and the “Mediterranean Faction” (1585-1587)

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This essay aims to show how information was used as a political tool in sixteenth-century Istanbul. By concentrating on the “Mediterranean faction”, i.e. Muslim corsairs incorporated into the Ottoman imperial system, it will seek to demonstrate how interest groups tried to manipulate Ottoman decision-making and strategy formulation process in accordance with their corporate interests. The economic rationale behind the cooperation between the Ottoman imperial elites and the corsairs required that Istanbul pursued a belligerent policy in the Western Mediterranean and thus invested in the navy. In order to make sure that this happened, the Mediterranean faction used every means at their disposal. Twisting information was the most efficient one. They fabricated rumors, produced false witnesses, staged mise-en-scènes, withheld relevant information and even detained incoming foreign ambassadors to keep their government in the dark, all in the name of convincing the Ottoman decision-makers of an exaggerated enemy threat in the Mediterranean which merited military investment.

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Araştırma Makalesi

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Emrah Safa Gürkan * Bu kişi benim

Yayımlanma Tarihi

9 Mart 2015

Gönderilme Tarihi

12 Temmuz 2014

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Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2015 Cilt: 45 Sayı: 45

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APA
Gürkan, E. S. (2015). Fooling the Sultan: Information, Decision-Making and the “Mediterranean Faction” (1585-1587). Osmanlı Araştırmaları, 45(45), 57-96. https://doi.org/10.18589/oa.569963
AMA
1.Gürkan ES. Fooling the Sultan: Information, Decision-Making and the “Mediterranean Faction” (1585-1587). OA. 2015;45(45):57-96. doi:10.18589/oa.569963
Chicago
Gürkan, Emrah Safa. 2015. “Fooling the Sultan: Information, Decision-Making and the ‘Mediterranean Faction’ (1585-1587)”. Osmanlı Araştırmaları 45 (45): 57-96. https://doi.org/10.18589/oa.569963.
EndNote
Gürkan ES (01 Mart 2015) Fooling the Sultan: Information, Decision-Making and the “Mediterranean Faction” (1585-1587). Osmanlı Araştırmaları 45 45 57–96.
IEEE
[1]E. S. Gürkan, “Fooling the Sultan: Information, Decision-Making and the ‘Mediterranean Faction’ (1585-1587)”, OA, c. 45, sy 45, ss. 57–96, Mar. 2015, doi: 10.18589/oa.569963.
ISNAD
Gürkan, Emrah Safa. “Fooling the Sultan: Information, Decision-Making and the ‘Mediterranean Faction’ (1585-1587)”. Osmanlı Araştırmaları 45/45 (01 Mart 2015): 57-96. https://doi.org/10.18589/oa.569963.
JAMA
1.Gürkan ES. Fooling the Sultan: Information, Decision-Making and the “Mediterranean Faction” (1585-1587). OA. 2015;45:57–96.
MLA
Gürkan, Emrah Safa. “Fooling the Sultan: Information, Decision-Making and the ‘Mediterranean Faction’ (1585-1587)”. Osmanlı Araştırmaları, c. 45, sy 45, Mart 2015, ss. 57-96, doi:10.18589/oa.569963.
Vancouver
1.Emrah Safa Gürkan. Fooling the Sultan: Information, Decision-Making and the “Mediterranean Faction” (1585-1587). OA. 01 Mart 2015;45(45):57-96. doi:10.18589/oa.569963

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