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499:, besieged the fortress of Mistra, the one-time capital of the Byzantine despotate. Ömer with his army marched against him, forcing him to raise the siege. Over the next year, the war in the Morea was dominated by raids and sieges of isolated forts. Ömer held the initiative and moved at will against the Venetians and their supporters, for the mostly mercenary Venetian troops, starved of supplies, pay and reinforcements, were largely confined to their coastal forts and unable or unwilling to venture into the interior. In late July/early August 1466, Ömer achieved two major victories against the Venetians. With 12,000 men he destroyed an army of 2,000 that was besieging 432: 488:, abandoned the Hexamilion without a fight. The Ottomans razed the wall yet again and advanced into the Morea. Argos surrendered and was razed, and several forts and localities that had recognized Venetian authority reverted to their Ottoman allegiance. Zagan Pasha was re-appointed governor of the Morea, while Ömer Bey was given Mahmud Pasha's army and tasked with taking the Republic's holdings in the southern Peloponnese, centred on the two forts of Coron and Modon ( 396:. Thereupon the despots hastened to reconfirm their allegiance, but the northeastern quarter of the Morea was annexed as a full Ottoman province and Ömer became its first governor. Ömer accompanied Mehmed on the Sultan's visit to Athens in August 1458, and took up residence in the ducal palace in the 476:
In the weeks after their declaration of war on 28 July 1463, the Venetians made good progress in the Morea, occupying most of the peninsula, and laid siege to the Acrocorinth in early autumn. Ömer Bey returned from Bosnia and marched to relieve the siege, but did not attempt to breach the Hexamilion
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and the native Greeks, and spread quickly. As the Sultan's vassals, the despots called upon Turahan for aid, and he dispatched Ömer in December. Ömer achieved a few successes, but departed after securing the release of his brother from captivity. The revolt did not subside, and in 1454 Turahan
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In 1459 the despot Thomas rebelled against the Sultan with assistance from Italy, and Ömer was for a time removed from his offices for failing to prevent it, although some contemporary sources suggest that he was himself encouraging the rebellion. The Sultan sent
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campaigned in person against the Morea, where the two despots had returned to their quarrels and were negotiating with Western powers for aid against the Ottomans. Mehmed overcame the Byzantine resistance at Hexamilion and stormed the strategically important
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wall due to the presence of numerous Venetian cannons and the small size of his own army. Ömer was disheartened enough to oppose any action to be undertaken even after the arrival of substantial reinforcements under the
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In October 1452, Ömer and his brother accompanied Turahan in another expedition against the Morea, which was designed to prevent the Despotate from assisting in the forthcoming Ottoman attack on the Byzantine capital,
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began to quarrel about their share of the rule of the Despotate. Eventually the dispute was settled through the mediation of Constantine and Ömer, who used the opportunity to completely demolish the Hexamilion.
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on 11 August. In autumn 1477 he was sent to Slovenia to fight against the Venetians. There he ambushed and routed the army of the Venetian Captain-General,
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on 29 May 1453 had great repercussions in the Morea. The two despots continued their rivalry and were unpopular among their own subjects. A
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between the Venetian Republic and the Ottoman Empire. In the summer of 1463, Ömer led the eastern wing of the Ottoman army that conquered
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from his master's treasury. The Venetians refused to hand him back, and in retaliation, Ömer attacked the port town of Lepanto (
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In 1456, Ömer succeeded his father as governor of Thessaly, and in the same year his troops occupied the city of
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The date of his death is unknown, but he was still alive in 1484, when his will was written.
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as a slave of the Ottoman commander of Athens fled to the Venetian fortress of Coron (
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himself, again accompanied by his sons, was forced to intervene and quell the revolt.
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The exact date of Ömer's birth is unknown; as a young man, he was presented to the
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in 1435, and by 1444 he was old enough to assume his father's duties as
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to depose and arrest him and replaced him as governor the Morea with
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Rebels, Believers, Survivors Studies in the History of the Albanians
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Turahan Bey, who died in c.1456, inherited large land-holdings in
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In August 1464, the new Venetian commander-in-chief in the Morea,
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and devastated the Morea, forcing the despots to become Ottoman
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In 1461/1462 Ömer served with distinction in the wars against
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broke out against them in autumn, supported both by the local
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through treason. These events precipitated the outbreak of a
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Map of the Ottoman Empire and its neighbouring states in 1464
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Origins of the Greek nation: the Byzantine period, 1204-1461
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against Palaiologos in late 1446. The Ottomans breached the
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The son of the famed 1180: 1067: 995: 923: 684:Apostolos Euangelou Vakalopoulos (1970). 1120: 1094: 1079: 1031: 971: 947: 935: 899: 863: 851: 827: 815: 779: 767: 743: 731: 719: 668:from his father, Yiğit Bey, a prominent 430: 1326:15th-century Ottoman military personnel 631: 187:in the 1440s and 1450s and against the 1308: 1156: 1102:. In Houtsma, Martijn Theodoor (ed.). 1055: 1043: 1019: 1007: 983: 959: 911: 887: 875: 839: 803: 791: 755: 625: 610: 608: 606: 604: 602: 600: 598: 596: 594: 715: 713: 711: 709: 238:. Ömer was the son of the prominent 175:, he was active chiefly in southern 1106:. Leiden: BRILL. pp. 876–878. 554:) in Albania, which along with the 13: 591: 383:, and the inhabitants fled to the 14: 1362: 1127:Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time 706: 326:and left the Morea, his brothers 1351:Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479) 441:Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479) 306:, convinced the Duke of Athens, 125:Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479) 1201: 614: 1: 1181:Stavrides, Théoharis (2001). 585: 497:Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta 106: 38:, and the family name is 546:rivers. Finally, in 1478 he 7: 572: 566:and Albanian independence. 264:Wars against the Byzantines 10: 1367: 1088: 619: 503:and killed its commander, 438: 427:Wars against the Venetians 15: 1297: 1287: 1278: 1268: 1258: 1253: 1243: 1233: 1225: 550:the fortress of Scutari ( 217: 160: 146: 116: 102: 92: 87: 77: 61: 56: 49: 1260:Ottoman governor of the 692:Rutgers University Press 643:Oxford University Press 562:by Mehmed II ended the 296:Constantine Palaiologos 244:leader and governor of 230:origin, descended from 137:Battle of Isonzo (1477) 133:Battle of Patras (1466) 482:Mahmud Pasha Angelović 436: 381:Francesco II Acciaioli 361:Fall of Constantinople 300:Despotate of the Morea 129:Battle of Kljuc (1463) 121:Byzantine-Ottoman wars 434: 328:Demetrios Palaiologos 141:Siege of Kruje (1478) 103:Years of service 71:Turahanoğlu Ahmed Bey 1289:Ottoman governor of 1235:Ottoman governor of 579:Gazi Omer Bey Mosque 528:Battle of Otluk Beli 256:. He had a brother, 198:. He also fought in 153:Turahanoğlu Ömer Bey 51:Turahanoğlu Ömer Bey 1316:15th-century births 1070:, pp. 176–179. 1022:, pp. 253–255. 998:, pp. 151–153. 986:, pp. 248–249. 974:, pp. 227–228. 914:, pp. 241–243. 878:, pp. 219–220. 854:, pp. 159–161. 842:, pp. 196–198. 830:, pp. 157–159. 818:, pp. 159–160. 806:, pp. 148–149. 421:Prince of Wallachia 369:Albanian immigrants 298:, the ruler of the 222:He was born in the 179:: he fought in the 1158:Setton, Kenneth M. 890:, pp. 221ff.. 722:, pp. 876–878 437: 355:and imprisoned in 332:Thomas Palaiologos 308:Nerio II Acciaioli 224:Turahanoğlu family 167:1435–1484) was an 117:Wars and campaigns 1304: 1303: 1269:Succeeded by 1244:Succeeded by 758:, pp. 96–97. 746:, pp. 49–50. 581:, named after him 324:Byzantine emperor 274:George Sphrantzes 183:against both the 150: 149: 1358: 1346:Ottoman Thessaly 1279:Preceded by 1226:Preceded by 1223: 1222: 1219: 1198: 1177: 1153: 1117: 1083: 1077: 1071: 1065: 1059: 1053: 1047: 1041: 1035: 1029: 1023: 1017: 1011: 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Index

Ottoman Turkish
given name
title
Bey
Turahanoğlu
Turahan Bey
Turahanoğlu Ahmed Bey
Turahanoğlu
Ottoman Empire
Byzantine-Ottoman wars
Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479)
Battle of Kljuc (1463)
Battle of Patras (1466)
Battle of Isonzo (1477)
Siege of Kruje (1478)
Greek
Ottoman
Turahan Bey
Greece
Morea
Byzantines
Venetians
Latin
Duchy of Athens
Albania
Italy
Wallachia
Anatolia
Turahanoğlu family
Yürük

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