The Role of the Crimean Tatars in the Ottoman-Safavi Wars
Journal: Selçuk Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi
Year: 2023

From the beginning of the XVI century until the beginning of the XVIII century, The Ottoman-Safavid struggle, which continued for about two centuries, took place in this buffer geography along the North-South directional Caucasus-Iraq-Arab line, which is the natural borders of both powers. These conflicts, which took place in the Southern Caucasus, Tabriz-centered Southern Azerbaijan, and the Iraqi-Arab geography, were largely carried out by the coalition elements of both states. In this context