Introduction The Ottoman Empire was considered the most effective dynasties in the ancient world. The fame is because of its rapid expansion spread to North Africa, Asia, and Central Europe. The main motive that led to its successful expansion and conquest in the 16th century was its naval powers. Furthermore, the Empire played a significant role. It was also referred to as the Turkish Empire, which comprised various institutions perpetrated in the kingdom, including the deshirme, military, the seat of the Sultan, and the Islamic culture, which played a significant role in shaping Turkey’s foreign policy today. However, during the 16th century, Ottoman conquered and led Cyprus despite it being ruled by various suzerains but never came under Greek rule through its history. During the Ottoman regime, the Greeks and Turks of Cyprus lived in harmony and peace, considering the differences in communal traditions, culture, language, religion, and ethnicity. Thesis Statement Ottoman Empire’s Conquest of Cyprus In The 16th Century involved numerous aspects that facilitated its victory. Therefore, this research paper will discuss the various elements, the Empire’s naval power, and how it helped shape the Turkeys’ foreign policies to this day. The Conquest of Cyprus by the Ottoman’s Empire Conquering the island of Cyprus was the principal motive of Ottoman Empire leaders even before they ascended to power. For instance, when Selim II was crowned the Sultan, he wanted to achieve his objective, and all the pashas supported his concept apart from the Great Vizier (Aksakal, 2011). The great Vizier was against his ideology since he was more focused on preserving collaboration with the Venetians. However, on realizing the firm decision that Selim II took, he tried to convince him to settle the matter in a diplomatic strategy instead of using firearms. Thus, Vizier sent some of his envoys to Venice to send a petition to the Venetians for the sake of assuring them of his intentions. On the other side, the Ottoman envoy declared to the Venetians that it was not acceptable for Vizier to avoid the announcement of war since it is impossible for anyone to resist the idea of the most powerful monarch (Hadjikyriacou, 2014). The demand was met with numerous rejections by the Venetians, who requested the pope and other protestants for support and helped protect their territorial possession of Cyprus. The pope of Rome and Phillipe II agreed to help. The latter contributed 12 warships and the former 148 (Brambilla, 2009). Despite the aid and support, this great movement, whose intention was to protect Cyprus from being conquered by the Ottoman Empire, failed because of bad organizations and disputes that arose. In addition, Sultan Salim II had already armed and prepared himself and his troops to be ready for war. He allocated military commanding to fleet Admiral Piali and Lala, Mustafa, who were mandated with organizing the movements against Cyprus. In 1570, the first collection of Ottoman fleet warships was flagged off from Constantinople, with commander Pasha heading the troop (Jennings, 1993). This showed how ready they were to conquer the island. They were destined to take over the island of Cyprus no matter what they would encounter along the way. The Ottoman fleet’s 30