The mediation attempts of the Netherlands in peace conferences between the Ottoman State and Austria with its allies

Abstract

After the defeat of the Battle of Vienna (1683), the Ottoman Empire battled with Austria and her allies Venice and Poland (Lehistan) at different fronts. Particularly, due to Ottoman Empire’s constant recession in Austrian front, it was decided to be sent one of its committees to Vienna, which was led by Zülfıkâr Pasha. The aim of this visit was that Zülfıkâr Pasha to communicate with Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor in order to establish the peace negotiation between the Ottoman Empire and Austria and to introduce the new Ottoman Empire, Süleyman II to Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor. Dutch ambassador Mr. Hop (seigneur) mediated between two sides. Dutch had got commercial privileges (ahidnâme-i hümâyûn) from the Ottoman Empire since 1612 and had sent ambassadors to Ottoman Empire regularly since 1668. Having wanted peace between Ottoman Empire and Austria, however, the Dutch ambassador offended against the Committee of Ottoman Empire that concluded from Mr. Hop’s behaviour that Dutch was not in favour of Ottoman Empire.

Keywords

• Ottoman State
• Austria
• Netherlands
• Peace Conferences

Osmanlı Devleti ile Avusturya ve Müttefikleri Arasındaki Barış Müzakerelerinde (1689) Hollanda'nın Arabuluculuk Girişimleri

Öz

Osmanlı Devleti, 1683 II. Viyana yenilgisinden sonra Avusturya başta olmak üzere müttefikleri Venedik, Lehistan 1695 tarihinde de Rusya ile ayrı ayrı cephelerde savaşmaya başlamış, cephelerde aldığı askeri yenilgiler neticesinde Uyvar (Ersekûjvâr), Budin (Buda), Segedin (Szeged), Şimontorna (Simontornya), Peçuy (Pecs/Fünfkirchen) ve daha sonra da Belgrad (Beograd) gibi önemli kaleleri Avusturya’ya bırakmak zorunda kalmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Osmanlı Devleti
• Avusturya
• Hollanda
• Barış Müzakereleri