@article{2019,title={WINTER DEFENCE OF THE OTTOMAN STATE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN},abstractNode={Each year, the Ottoman navy made her Mediterranean operation in the period called mevsimi derya (maritime season). This operation generally started by the beginning of May and continued until the end of October. The aim of this operation was to secure the Ottoman waters and coasts against the enemies, corsairs and the pirates. The Navy was returning to the Tersane-i Amire, its central base in Istanbul in the fall when the whether conditions was starting to become bad. However, enemy and corsair ships continued to threaten the Ottoman ships and coasts also in the winter. This in turn, necessitated another defence mechanism in the period where the navy was in the Tersane-i Amire. For this purpose, the Ottoman State assigned additional ships in the Mediterranean for the winter defence. This study investigates how the Ottoman State realized the winter defence for defending the Mediterranean waters. The study answers to the questions such as which type of ships were assigned for the winter defence, how these ships were prepared for the defence, whether certain areas were focussed or not.},author={Şenay ÖZDEMİR GÜMÜŞ},year={2019},journal={The Journal of Social Sciences}}