1768-1774 Ottoman- Russian war according to Tarih-i Sefer-i Rusya

The Ottoman- Russian war which is the first one of two major wars in 18th century has a great importance for both states. While this war is a real turning point for Ottoman Empire?s military and political structure, on the other hand it is a great opportunity for Russia to act in accordance with its goals. With its emerging power in 17th century, Russia became a strong threat coming from the north for the Ottoman Empire in 18th century. Because the first goal of Russia, within the framework of its territorial expansion to the South, was to invade the Ottoman Empire and Poland respectively. In this manner of policy, the relation between the two countries was getting tensed up day by day and led up to an inevitable war in the future. Ottoman Empire was seriously worried about the future on account of the apparent signals. In the course of time, Ottoman Empire started to realize the danger about Russia?s clear intentions against to Poland. Due to the fact that Poland was in an important position for Ottoman Empire, Russia?s desire for Poland had to be prevented. This caused Ottoman Empire to take decision to go to war and led a basis for Ottoman-Russian war in 1768-1774. This struggle started for Poland would bring along many developments, Russia would be the victorious in the battle because of Ottoman Empire?s inability to command element and omissions. This process would take a different dimension with the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca (1774) signed at the end of the war. The writing work called `Tarih-i Sefer-i Rusya? which we prepared transcription, describes the 1768-1774 Ottoman- Russian war that was mentioned briefly in the above. In the work, the reasons and the beginning of the war were explained in detail, but to the end, there was no need to give details. This is because of drawing attention to the mistakes that had been made before the war began inabilities to command element, ommisions and the inevitable defeat. The exact date is unknown but it is inferred from the expressions in the text that it was written after 1768- 1774 Ottoman- Russian war.Key Words: Ottoman-Russian War, 1768-1774, Poland matter, `Tarih-i Sefer-i Rusya?, Ottoman-Russian RelationsKey Words: Ottoman-Russian War, 1768-1774, Poland matter, `Tarih-i Sefer-i Rusya?, Ottoman-Russian Relations