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Napoleon had a campaign to Egypt to establish French supremacy in Eastern Mediterrenean. He had little success to begin with, but was eventually engaged by and beaten by Cezzar Ahmet Pasha of Ottoman Empire around the year 1800.
Napoleon had to face another misfortune about the same time; his invading navy was totally destroyed by Admiral Nelson (of British Navy), right in front of Egypt.
Treaty of Al-Aresh, signed in 1801, was the end of French campaign..The French returned home and never dared go into open seas again...until the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915.
What happened to certain major heavy warships of French Navy in Gallipoli is another sad story.
This is one part of story. Another part is that the Russo-Turkish War, 1806–1812, broke out against the background of the Napoleonic wars. It resulted in the Treaty of Bucharest, signed by Kutuzov on May, 28, according to which the Turks ceded Bessarabia to Russia (although that land belonged to their vassal Moldavia, which they were supposed to protect). The treaty was approved by Alexander I of Russia on June 11, just thirteen days before Napoleon´s invasion of Russia commenced. If there was no danger of Napoleon’s attack, Russia would continue the war against Turks, since they had advantage. But they was forced to move their Southern Army to Prussian border so they had to sign the treaty with Turks under conditions not very favorable for them.
(Talking about destroying of Napoleon’s invading navy by Admiral Nelson, this time I won’t mention the destroying of the Ottoman Fleet by Russian Navy under Dmitry Senyavin in the Battle of the Dardanelles and Battle of Athos. – Sorry, I could’t resist teasing you a bit  )
Btw, I think that Vania´s question was: did Ottoman Empire something get or something loose thank to Napoleon´s wars.
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And to be honest, I started to worry about her - she doesn´t even answer e-mails ...