Turgut Reis

Dragut () (1485 – 23 Jun 1565), juga dikenali sebagai "Si Penghunus Pedang Islam", adalah seorang komander tentera laut Muslim Uthmaniyyah berketurunan Greek.<ref group=dn>{{quote|There is a strong probability that the mother and father of Turgut Reis were Greek. However, Turkish sources do not take this information seriously. Similarly, the father of Hayreddin Barbarossa and his brothers was probably a timariot commander, who was a Greek renegade, and their mother was definitely Greek. Halikarnas Balıkçısı, doesn't seem to mind this strong probability related with Turgut Reis. On the contrary, he acts to erase such a possibility from our minds, by starting with explaining his birth in his book.Turkish original: Turgut Reis'in anne-babasının Rum olması ihtimali güçlüdür. Ancak, Türk kaynakları bu iddiayı ciddiye almazlar. Benzer biçimde, Hızır Reis ve kardeşlerinin babalarının Rum'dan dönme bir timar beyi olduğu kuvvetle muhtemel, annelerinin Rum olduğu da kesindir. Halikarnas Balıkçısı, Turgut Reis'le ilgili bu güçlü ihtimale önem vermeye hiç niyetli görünmüyor. Tersine, kitaba doğumunu anlatmakla başlayarak böyle bir ihtimali zihnimizden silmek üzere davranıyor.|Murat Belge|source="Mavi Anadolu Tezi ve Halikarnas Balıkçısı" - Edebiyatta Milliyetçilik, Birikim, Sayı 210, Ekim 2006, p. 35.}}</ref> yang terkenal,, dihormati, dan ditakuti 

Beliau diakui sebagai seorang tentera yang genius, dan diperincikan oleh seorang laksamana Perancis sebagai "Seorang carta hidup di Mediterranean, cukup mahir di daratan berbanding para jeneral lain di waktu itu. Tiada sesiapa pun yang lebih berhak selain beliau untuk membawa nama raja".

Dragut juga dikenali sebagai "pahlawan lanun terhebat sepanjang zaman", "tanpa ragu-ragu adalah pemimpin Turki yang paling hebat", dan "raja tanpa takhta di Mediterranean".

Selain berkhidmat sebagai Laksamana dan Corsair dalam Tentera Laut Uthmaniyyah di bawah Sulaiman al-Qanuni, Dragut juga dilantik sebagai Bey (Gabenor) Algiers dan Djerba, Beylerbey (Panglima) Mediterranean, selain Bey, dan kemudiannya sebagai Pasha (Lord), di Tripoli.

Di bawah kepimpinan beliau, kuasa maritim empayar Uthmaniyah berkembang melintasi Afrika Utara. Semasa berkhidmat sebagai Pasha di Tripoli, Dragut membina banyak kehebatan di kota ini, menjadikan ia sebagai sebuah tempat paling mengagumkan di seluruh pantai Afrika Utara.

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Sumber
 E. Hamilton Currey, Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean, London, 1910
 Bono, Salvatore: Corsari nel Mediterraneo (Corsairs in the Mediterranean), Oscar Storia Mondadori. Perugia, 1993.
 Corsari nel Mediterraneo: Condottieri di ventura. Online database in Italian, based on Salvatore Bono's book. 
 Bradford, Ernle, The Sultan's Admiral: The life of Barbarossa, London, 1968.
 Wolf, John B., The Barbary Coast: Algeria under the Turks'', New York, 1979; ISBN 0-393-01205-0
 The Ottomans: Comprehensive and detailed online chronology of Ottoman history in English.
 Comprehensive and detailed online chronology of Ottoman history in Turkish. 
 Turkish Navy official website: Historic heritage of the Turkish Navy (in Turkish)

Pautan luar
 Chronological list of important dates and events in the life of Turgut Reis (Italian) 
 Municipality of Turgutreis
 Privateering History: Dragut Reis
 Almuñécar: Watchtowers and Coastal Defences 
 Capraia Island and Dragut
 Turgut Reis and Sinan Pasha 

Pemimpin tentera
Sejarah tentera laut
Laksamana Empayar Uthmaniyyah
Gabenor Uthmaniyyah
Pasha
Muslim Sunni Uthmaniyyah