Kaptan-i Derya Canim Hoca Mehmed Pasa/Captain of the Seas Canim Hoca Mehmed Pasha

Canim Hoca Mehmed Pasa, 1706'dan itibaren Osmanli kroniklerinde ve Osmanli arsiv belgelerinde adi sikça geçen kaptanlardan birisidir. Sultan III. Ahmed ve Sultan I. Mahmud dönemlerinde araliklarla üç kez kaptan-i deryalik görevine getirilmistir. Osmanli Devleti'nin Karlofça Antlasmasi'nin olumsuz etkilerinden kurtulma çabasi içerisinde bulundugu bir dönemde, Akdeniz'de Venediklilere, Karadeniz'de ise Ruslara karsi yürütülen mücadeleler içerisinde yer almistir. Denizcilik alaninda önemli hizmetleri olmasina ragmen Osmanli tarihinde hak ettigi yeri alamamistir. Özellikle cüretkâr tavirlari ve devlet adamlari ile yasadigi anlasmazliklar azledilmesine yol açmistir. Bu çalismada dönemin kronikleri ve arsiv belgeleri isiginda Canim Hoca Mehmed Pasa'nin denizcilik alanindaki faaliyetleri ve dönemin olaylari aydinlatilmaya çalisilmistir./Canim Hoca Mehmed Pasha is one of the sailors and captains who have been mentioned in the Ottoman chronicles and archival documents since 1706. He was appointed to the commandership of the Ottoman naval services three times at intervals in the periods of III. Ahmed and I. Mahmud. Canim Hoca Mehmed Pasha as a commander of the Ottoman naval forces participated to the Ottoman -Venetian struggle in the Mediterranean Sea and the Ottoman - Russian struggle in the Black Sea in a time the Ottoman State made an effort to overcome negative effects of the Karlowitz Treaty. It seems that he could not receive the attention that he deserves in the Ottoman history even though he had critical services in Ottoman navy. His bold actions and disagreements with other statesmen played a very important role in his removal. In this study, it is aimed to shed light on Canim Hoca's activities in the navy and on the events of the time based on the archives and chronicles of his time.