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VYDÁVA HISTORICKÝ ÚSTAV SLOVENSKEJ AKADÉMIE VIED, V. V. I.

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CEVRİOĞLU, Mahmut Halef

A neorealist interpretation of Ottoman wars in eastern and central Europe: the case of Köprülü Mehmed Pasha (1656–1661)

Historický časopis, 2024, 72, 5, pp. 849-874, Bratislava

Abstract: Ottoman Grand Vizier Köprülü Mehmed Pasha has been often portrayed as the key Ottoman figure epitomising the revival of the Ottoman political and military strength in the middle of the seventeenth century. A number of successful military campaigns undertaken during his incumbency on various European frontiers of the Ottoman Empire have contributed much to this image. Accordingly, his foreign policy toward Europe has been subjected to various explanations by historians; yet, a theoretical analysis is lacking. Using offensive realism as an explanatory tool, the present study argues that Köprülü Mehmed’s military expansionism at the expense of Poland-Lithuania and Transylvania stemmed from his concern to preserve the status quo in eastern and central Europe. In 1657, he ordered Ottoman troops to intercept the Transylvanian Prince’s intervention in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in order to prevent the partition of Polish-Lithuanian territories among a number of eastern European powers, the most powerful of which was Russia. This was, in a way, the Ottoman shift from “buck-passing” to “balancing” in Poland-Lithuania with regard to the increasing Russian threat. Köprülü Mehmed’s direct involvement in Transylvania and occupation of the northwestern Transylvanian territories between 1658 and 1660, on the other hand, was more than a punishment of the rebellious prince. The pasha’s aim was to isolate the principality from the Viennese court and undermine any possible aggrandisement of the Habsburgs in central Europe. Hence, the pasha’s annexation of Transylvanian territories in line with the “calculated aggression” tenet helped check the Habsburgs.

Keywords: Eastern Europe. Central Europe. Foreign Policy Analysis. Offensive Realism. Early Modern Ottoman Empire. Grand Vizier Köprülü Mehmed Pasha

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/histcaso.2024.72.5.1

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