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Hayreddin Barbarossa Pasha (Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa or Hızır Hayreddin Paşa; also Hızır Reis before being promoted to the rank of Pasha) (c. 1478–1546)

Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha was a Turkish privateer and Ottoman admiral who dominated the Mediterranean for decades. He was born on the Ottoman island of Midilli (Lesbos in today's Greece) and died in Constantinople, the Ottoman capital. His original name was Yakupoğlu Hızır (Hızır son of Yakup). Hayreddin (Khair ad-Din... More...

Turkey, 1941, Barbarossa's tomb

Turkey, 1941, Barbarossa's corsair fleet

Turkey, 1941, Barbarossa's corsair fleet

Turkey, 1941, Barbarossa's corsair fleet

Turkey, 1941, Barbarossa's corsair fleet

Turkey, 1941, Barbarossa

Turkey, 1949, Statue of Barbarossa

Turkey, 2008, Hayreddin Barbarossa

Turkey, 2008, Hayreddin Barbarossa's ship