Mehmed II's Rhodes and Otranto expedition

Ottoman became an empire with Mehmed II conquered Istanbul in 1453. Following theen largement policy, Mehmed II protected the borders of the Ottoman Empire. He fought against the Akkoyunlu State. Karamanoğlu Principality was included in the Ottoman territories. Trabzon has taken a strong position in the Black Sea. He conquered Europe. After taking the Aegean Islands, Peloponnese, Serbia, Lesbos, he wanted to conquer Rhodes and Italy. It would not be wrong to say that being the world emperor aimed to make the Mediterranean Sea just a Turkish Lake. After the end of the Ottoman-Venetian war, it turned to Rhodes and Italy. Because Mehmed II would take Rhodes and Italy, commercial, military and political sense of the Ottoman Empire would provide. The Knights of Rhodes were effective in the Rhodes campaign. Rhodes, who did not have good relations with the Ottomans, did not celebrate the conquest of Istanbul and did not pay there quired tribute to the Ottomans, attracted the attention of Mehmed II's. Ottoman, during the reign of the Conqueror, he organized two unsuccessful military campaigns to Rhodes. Rhodes was besieged In 1480 by Mesih Pasha. However, they were defeated by the knights of Saint Jean ledby Pierre D'aubusson. At the behest of Mehmed II's Gedik Ahmed Pasha organized and took an expedition to Otranto with a great navy. After Fatih's death, the city remained under Ottoman rulefor 13 months, came under the control of the Kingdom of Naples.