Osmanlıları Balkanlardan Çıkarma Projelerinde Dubrovnik’teki Türk Karşıtı Fraksiyonun Rolü (1592-1607)
The Role of Anti-Turk Fraction in Dubrovnik Republic in the Projects for Repelling the Ottomans out of Balkans (1592-1607)

Summary/Abstract: The military operations of the Ottomans until 1570’s, had created the image of the “Invincible Turk” in the West and this intimidating power paved way for the realization of many attempts against the Ottomans. However with the defeat at Lepanto in 1571 and the Austrian wars that started in 1593 revived the hopes that Turks could be defeated and they might be expulse from Balkans and this reflectedin concrete projects. The secret infiltration of a Spanish troop from Dubrovnik to Herzegovina in 1592 encouraged these projects. These projects supported by Austrian and Spanish Habsburgs, were produced by subjects such as Naples and Savoy, as well as by some Ragusans, priests of Papacy and some knightly orders. The project which was devised and practiced by the Duke of Savoy, Charles Emmanuel I, was named as “The Great Conspiracy” (Velika Zavjera) in Croatian sources. The subject of the article is the secret entry of the Spaniards into the Ottoman Balkans, the phases of planning, preparation and practice of the Duke of Savoy’s project and the involvement of some Ragusans to these attempts. This process, which caused significant damage to the Ottoman-Dubrovnik relations and left deep impacts on the Bosnia, Herzegovina and Montenegro, was tried to be processedby making use of the sources obtained from the Ottoman, Dubrovnik and Turin archives.

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