may 5, 1566 - A slow decline
1566 - 1574
Description:
At Suleyman I's death, his son Selim II rules.
- never goes to fight battles and his government is unstable
- entrust increasing amounts of power to others, and the elite Janissaries began to encroach on the Sultan
-During his reign the Turkish fleet is smashed at the Battle of Lepanto in Greece in 1571
Added to timeline:
Ottoman Timeline
By: Alyssa Pena, Gisselle Martinez, and Kathy Quezada
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