Cossack raid on Istanbul (1615)

Cossack raid to Istanbul in 1615 - campaign of the Zaporozhian Cossacks, headed by hetman Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny, to the capital Ottoman empire.

Raid
In May 1615, Cossacks on eighty small boats (Ukr. Chaykah), each of which contained about 50 Cossacks, went on trip to Turkey. By mid-June they managed to cross the Black Sea and land on the coast in the vicinity of Istanbul. After that, the Cossacks defeated and set fire to part of Istanbul, which was called Scutari (now: Üsküdar), followed by the ports of Mizevna and Archiuca. Having captured the prey, the Cossacks go swimming to Homeland.

However, sultan Ahmed I, from the windows of his palace saw smoke from the fires caused by them and sent versus Cossacks with a flotilla of Turkish galleys.

Ottomans caught up with the Cossack seagulls only opposite the mouth of the Danube. Ukrainians fought a hostile squadron, took several galleries and captured the wounded Turkish admiral.

Consequences
In order to punish the Zaporozhians, Turkish sultan sent the Flotilla next year under the command of Admiral Ali-pasha. Turkish galleys crossed the sea and entered the Dnipro estuary, where they were met by Cossack seagulls headed by Petro Konashevich-Sagaidachny. Zaporozhians defeated the Turkish squadron, seized a dozen galleys and nearly a hundred boats. Commander Ali-pasha barely managed to escape in the sea.

After that, the Cossacks again went to sea, round the Crimea and landed on the shore near the largest Black Sea slavery market - Kafa. Thus, the attack on Istanbul went into collision, went down in history as a battle for Kafa.

Psychological factor
Only the fact of the successful attack of the Ukrainian Cossacks on the city, which was not able to take neither the Holy Roman Empire nor the Commonwealth, was a delight.

He showed a very big fear among Turks.