The First Turkish Admiral Chaka Bey and the Naval Battles in His Era

183 pp, color figures, hb, in Turkish-English bilingual.

Bilingual Turkish-English, with illustrations. It is known that the Turcoman Bey Chaka who started the Maritime Chapter in the history of Turks integrating to Anatolia a thousand year ago, conquered Smyrna, and shook the Byzantine Empire was the same person as Chavuldur Chaka Bey from the Danishmend Bey's retinue, a member of left branch tribes of Oghuzes. He was a wellread Turcomen Bey who had full command of Greek and read Homer's poem "The Night is Falling" aloud during a conversation he had made with Byzantine Commander Dalassenos. The beginning of Crusades is directly associated with Turcoman's attacks to Anatolia led by commanders such as Suleiman Shah, Emir Chaka Bey and Abu'l Qasim.