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Gedik Ahmed Pasha

d. 1482 · 15th century

Gedik Ahmed Pasha was an Ottoman grand vizier and admiral under Mehmed II. He conquered the Karamanid lands and Alanya in the early 1470s, took Caffa and the Genoese colonies of Crimea in 1475, and captured Otranto in southern Italy in 1480. He was executed by Bayezid II in 1482.

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Genoese GazariaAlaiye Beylik

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