UZUN HASAN DEVRİ AKKOYUNLU-MEMLUK İLİŞKİLERİ
Aghgoyunlu and Memluk Relations in The Reign of Long Hasan

Summary/Abstract: The increasing tension in geopolitical situation in the region sometimes affected the relations between Aghgoyunlu and Memluk in the positive way and sometimes vice versa in the first half of the 15th century. In the reign of Aghgoyunlu Kara Osman and his sons the relations between two countries were not always good, often changed because of political events. The main place of strugle for political privilage between Aghgoyunlu and Memluk states was South East Anatolia lands. As the result of the strugle for these lands, the form of relations, like that of interests, changed. This strugle for the privilage reinforced in the reign of Long Hasan (1453 - 1478) when Aghgoyunlu state became strong. The relations between Aghgoyunlu and Memluk states fluctuated because of the events of that time. At the same time, the balanced policy of the Ottoman empire in this region affected these interest based relations. In the south east Anatolia Aghgoyunlu and Memluk states sometimes allied against the Ottoman Empire and sometimes their political interesets clashed.

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