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Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa
Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa (1478; Midilli - 4 Temmuz 1546; İstanbul), Osmanlı Devleti tarihinin ünlü Türk denizcilerinden, kaptan-ı derya olarak Osmanlı İmparatorluğunun ilk kaptan paşası ve Kaptan-ı deryası. Akdeniz’de Osmanlı egemenliğini pekiştirdi, öyle ki bu deniz bazı tarihçilerce bir "Türk Gölü" olarak anıldı. Osmanlı'nın deniz politikasına ve Tersane-i Amire'ye nizam verdi.
Hayreddin Paşa'nın asıl adı Hızır Reis'ti. Ona, "dinin hayırlısı" anlamına gelen Hayreddin adını, Osmanlı Devletine yaptığı hizmetinden dolayı Padişah I. Süleyman verdi. Avrupalılar ağabeyi Oruç Reis'e kızıla çalan sakalı yüzünden Barbarossa adını vermişlerdi, Oruç Reis'in ölmesinin ardından küçük kardeşi Hızır için kullanılan bu isim, Türkçe'ye Barbaros olarak geçti.
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Hayreddin Barbarossa
Hayreddin Barbarossa, or Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha (Turkish: Barbaros Hayreddin (Hayrettin) Paşa or Hızır Hayreddin (Hayrettin) Paşa; also Hızır Reis before being promoted to the rank of Pasha and becoming the Kapudan Pasha), born Khizr or Khidr (Turkish: Hızır; c. 1478 – 4 July 1546), was an Ottoman admiral of the fleet who was born in the island of Lesbos and died in Constantinople (Istanbul), the Ottoman capital. Barbarossa's naval victories secured Ottoman dominance over the Mediterranean during the mid 16th century, from the Battle of Preveza in 1538 until the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.
Hayreddin (Arabic: Khayr ad-Din خيرالدين, which literally means "goodness" or "best of the religion" of Islam) was an honorary name given to him by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. He became known as "Barbarossa" ("Redbeard" in Italian) in Europe, a name he inherited from his elder brother Oruç Reis after Oruç was killed in a battle with the Spanish in Algeria. Oruç was also known as "Baba Oruç", which sounded like "Barbarossa" (Italian for "Redbeard") to the Europeans, and since Oruç did have a red beard, the nickname stuck. In a process of linguistic reborrowing, the nickname then stuck back to Hayreddin's native Turkish name, in the form Barbaros.
For more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayreddin_Barbarossa
Statue of Hayreddin Barbarossa near the Istanbul Naval Museum on the Bosphorus in Istanbul
Tomb of Hayreddin Barbarossa in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul
