OTTOMAN SAILING SHIPS, FROM GALLEYS TO GALLEONS

The ships which constitute the Ottoman Navy can be divided two groups: Çektiri or Çekdirme (the galley-type, oared ships) and galleon-type sailing ships. Çektiris were powered by oars and sails, and the large galleon type ships used sails alone. Somewhere between the oared galleys and the galleons fall the baştarda, kadırga, mavna, kalyata, firkete and pergandi. Even smaller sailing ships, include the karamürsel, palaşlermeler and slimmer, navy ships