Battle of Lepanto in Fuggerzeitung Collection

Citation/Atıf: Ozsoy, Ergun & Wolf, Klaus. “Battle of Lepanto in Fuggerzeitung Collection.” Tarih Dergisi Turkish Journal of History, 76 (2022): 95-111. https://doi.org/10.26650/iutd.202205 ABSTRACT The role of the Fuggers and the "Fuggerzeitung" in the early modern period has long been known. However, more research is needed on the status of news about the Ottoman Empire and the Turks. The document, published here for the first time, reveals the Fuggerzeitung as an important source of Turkish history. The impact of the Battle of Lepanto in Europe, as is usually written, was greater than it actually was. The reasons for this are based both on the special situation of those who took part in the war in favor of the Holy Alliance and the sectarian conflicts between Protestants and Catholics that was going on in Central Europe at that time because there was also a propaganda war going on. Most of the publications dealing with the struggle between the Christians and the Ottoman Empire were in the early new high German language. Therefore, cooperation between Turkish and German scientists is needed for future research.