Ottoman and Spanish relations in the 16th century AD

Although the first encounter between the Ottoman and Spain States, whose main field of struggle was the Mediterranean, was in the 14th century, there was no significant event between the two states until the 16th century. In the period when Spain stepped into political union through marriages, its policy towards Andalusian Muslims prompted the Ottoman State to determine a policy against Spain. The Ottoman State wanted to protect the Muslims and keep control of trade routes and had to fight the Spanish in the Mediterranean. Religious belief and the desire to protect and expand commercial interests caused the two states to fight against each other and develop policies during the 16th century. While the Ottomans established relations with states such as France, England and the Netherlands against Spain, Spain established relations with the Safavid State. The fact that the Safavids threatened the Ottomans; and the England and the Netherlands threatened Spain, forced the two states to agreement. The ceasefire negotiations that started after the Battle of Inebahti eventually turned into a compulsory agreement, and the two states that had to make an agreement no longer came face to face. The relations of the two states, which started to decline since the 17th century and lost their roles in world politics to other states, also lost their former vitality.