Known as the lion of the Mediterranean, Barbaros Hayreddin Pasa displayed a remarkable seamanship as the grand admiral of the Ottoman navy in the early 16th century. It's now open for five days a week, a change in timings that reveals how strong an inspiration Hayreddin Pasa has been in modern Turkish life. The Turkish government has even named its premier sea drilling vessels after Barbaros Hayreddin Pasa and other legendary Ottoman figures: Fatih, Yavuz and Kanuni. Hayreddin Pasa was clever and bright as a youngster, though he had a tendency to mock his contemporaries. Almost three thousand soldiers of the Christian alliance were captured where the Ottoman Navy lost 400 of its soldiers.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 26, 2020 14:26 UTC