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(PDF) OSMANLI-MEMLÛK NÜFUZ MÜCADELESİNDE DULKADİROĞULLARI BEYLİĞİ

OSMANLI-MEMLÛK NÜFUZ MÜCADELESİNDE DULKADİROĞULLARI BEYLİĞİ

2021, Avrasya Uluslararası Araştırmalar Dergisi

Dulkadirogulları was a Turkmen principality which established in the second half of the fourteenth century, especially in Elbistan and Maras, under the auspices of the Mamluks. After the Mamluk rule, it was never independent due to the that accepted the Ottoman sovereignty. The fact that the Dulkadirogulları land was the entrance gate of Anatolia for the Mamluks and Syria for the Ottomans increased the importance of the principality, which had a history of nearly two centuries. When the interests of both states began to clash, the Dulkadirogulları Principality was also remain in between of this conflict as a buffer zone, then it became a field where the two great states struggle for influence. In one hand, the rulers of the Principality had to act together with them due to the policies of the states which they were affiliated, on the other hand, they did not hesitate to fight for independence by seeking different allies. The aim of this article is to emphasize the strategic importance of the Dulkadirogulları, who could not get rid of the pressure of two great states such as the Mamluk and later the Ottoman Empire, and to reveal the diplomatic marriages and policies implemented by the Dulkadirogulları beys. In this study, besides the contemporary works of the period, Ottoman sources were used comparatively. The information reflected in these sources sometimes clearly and sometimes indirectly, gives the signs of the struggle for influence between the Ottomans and the Mamluks. It is clearly reflected in Ottoman sources that Dulkadirogulları Principality, which was between these two great powers, tried to use every opportunity of diplomacy. The main subject of this study is to examine the Dulkadirogulları principality, which managed to live as a regional power for a long time in Turkish history and where the Ottoman-Mamluk influence struggle was tested.