Özet:

Since the 15th and 16th centuries, the Ottoman State had emerged to be the dream of the world’s state, and for this reason the Ottomans tried to find small majorities in the Maghrip countries, which caused gaining new meanings for the concept of piracy in the memories of the Europeans. In this period, instability, which emerged in the Mediterranean basin with the entrance of the states, such as Britain and Russia, coming out of the basin, climbed the rise of the French Revolution in 1798. The Revolution, this way, directed France to the economic interests of Britain. On the other hand, the French revolution also led the Armenians and Jews, who were the merchant class of the period, capture the Mediterranean trade with the opportunities of the blockade of the Continent. Instead of fighting against these new stakeholders, Britain, Russia, and France, which appealed to use them for their own interests, laid the groundwork for a new pirate merchant class. The leader of this pirate merchant class was the Greeks, who spent their wealth for fighting and fighting with the Ottomans in order to find their new state. However, the activities of piracy deprived the Ottomans, which also did not end with the suppression of the Mora Rebellion. This study reveals that the mercenary states in the Mediterranean inclined the Greek merchant class to piracy, and embraces the story of piracy to get rid of this merchant class until the 1830s.

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