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http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/XII._Karl
http://pelatros.blogspot.fi/2012/03/gecen-gun-blogun-facebook-sayfasndan-ne.html
http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalabaliken-i_Bender
Demirbaş Şarl, the Troublesome Guest
Who was the foreign king who in 1709 after a lost war was granted an asylum by Sultan Ahmed III, who continued to rule his country from the territory of Ottoman Empire for five years, who incited a war between the Turks and Russia and who was even called with a Turkish nickname? He was king Charles XII of Sweden.
Charles XII (1682-1718) was only fifteen when he assumed power. He spent half of his short life in battlefields. He was an exceptionally skilled military leader and a tactician. His player’s eye was very much needed during his exile in the Ottoman Empire where he had to escape after the disaster of Poltava in the Great Northern War where Sweden was badly beaten by Russia. While staying under the protection of the Ottomans Charles didn’t give up but continued causing disorder in the Russian border with his troups and used all his connections in order to turn Istanbul against Moscow as well.
The Sultan finally had enough of Charles’s solo performances in Bender, Moldova and ordered him a home arrest in Edirne. Charles did not leave voluntarily:
Bender Çatışması olayları 31 Ocak 1713´te Türk topçuların İsveç kampına ateş açmasıyla başladı. 1 Şubat günü ise Osmanlı güçleri kampa saldırdı. Kamptan yanında bir grup askerle kaçan Karl´ın saklandığı ev Türk askerler tarafından top ateşi ve ateşli oklar ile ablukaya alındı. Binayı terketmek zorunda kalan İsveç Kralı ve askerler Türkler tarafından yakalanarak esir alındı. The events of Skirmish at Bender began on the 31st of January 1713 when the Turkish bombardiers opened a fire against the Swedish camp. On February 1st Ottoman forces attacked the camp. Next to the camp the house where Charles had escaped with a group of soldiers was blockaded with gun fire and fire darts. The Swedish King and the soldiers who were forced to leave the building were caught and held captive.
In Swedish the historical event is called Kalabaliken i Bender. The soldiers took the word kalabalık as a souvenir from Ottoman lands and it is still used in Swedish and Finnish meaning ‘confusion, disorder’. During his stay in Edirne King Charles paid attention to Turkish naval vessels. They functioned as models for the Swedish ships Jilderim (< yıldırım) and Jarramas (< yaramaz).
The King’s nickname was not quite as flattering as it may sound. Charles was called “the Fixture” because his debts to the Ottomans were affirmed against immovable property. Demirbaş Şarl died before he payed his debts. Ottoman ambassadors were sent to exact the money from Sweden. This was the start of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Edited (8/23/2012) by Abla
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