The keys to Oran

NIKI GAMMISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News

Algeria and Turkey have a history dating back to the 16th century - a history bound up with the Ottomans’ advance into the western Mediterranean. Niki Gamm looks at the story of Oran, a city whose turbulent history encapsulates the struggle which played out in the region

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Oruç’s brother Hayreddin continued to reap the benefits from the allegiance with the Ottomans, although the Spaniards were able to recapture Algiers in 1519. Help could not arrive from the sultan in time.

14 December 1708. The keys to the city of Oran in Algeria were presented to Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III. The fortress which had been in Spanish hands until then had been conquered by the Governor-general of Algeria, Bektaş Hoca and it marked an end to Spain’s interest in Algeria for almost another hundred years. The event happened 305 years ago and by coincidence the Second Turkish Products Fair was held this past week in Algiers to encourage trade between Algeria and Turkey.






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