“Did the Ottomans betray their Andalusian brothers”?!

Those with sick hearts and malicious pens deliberately direct false accusations against the Ottoman Empire that it abandoned Andalusia and did not move to help it. Unfortunately, a large group of ordinary Muslims were led behind them. The truth is that these words are pure lies and slander, as the Ottoman Empire made many attempts to help Andalusia.

In order for things to become clear to us, we must understand the nature of the two states and their conditions at that stage, at a time when the Uthman state was making its way to announce itself and raise the flag after it had almost fallen at the hands of "timurlinik".

The state of Andalusia in the West was accelerating towards collapse, with conflict over rule between the kings of the sects, the spread of strife, and some Muslim kings seeking help from the Christians against their brothers. The kingdoms of Islam began to fall one after another, and thus the scene in the Islamic world was like this:

A young country begins its glory, fights on several fronts to prove itself, and fights fierce battles against Europe in the west and the Safavid state in the east, and another country whose star is declining in Andalusia, its kings struggle, and its kingdoms collapse at the hands of the Christians, one after the other.

However, as soon as the calls for help reached Sultan "mohamed alfatih", who was busy conquering the greatest city in Europe at that time, “Constantinople,” the Conqueror came to the aid of the Andalusians. He attacked Italy and took control of the city of Latranto, trying to reach Andalusia, but several obstacles stood before him that prevented him from completing the mission. Al-Masir, after the conqueror, his son "Bayazid" assumed power, and during "Bayazid’s" rule, disaster occurred with the fall of Andalusia and "Abu Abdullah al-Ahmar" handing over the keys of Granada to the Christians in the year 1492 AD.

The cries of the Andalusians and their appeals to the Ottomans continued, and although "Bayazid" II was consumed in fierce wars with various forces of the Europeans, the Safavids, and the Mamluks, he was not able to respond to these calls for help, so he sent a huge fleet led by “Kamal Rais” to strike the coast of Spain and try to enter Andalusia.

"Kamal Rais" tried to reach Granada, but the European obstacles, the betrayals that occurred from some Islamic forces, the refusal of the Mamluks to cross the Ottoman land army through Egypt, and the refusal of the Hafsid dynasty in Tunisia to provide a helping hand to the Ottoman fleet, all of this stood in the way of the Ottoman fleet reaching Andalusia and saving it before it was too late. It's time,

The Ottoman attempts to save the Andalusians did not stop, but continued even after the fall of Andalusia. After Selim I assumed power, he sent to the commander of the Islamic fleet, Oruj, and assigned him a mission known in history as the impossible mission, which was based on attacking the coasts of Spain, controlling them, saving the Muslims of Andalusia from the Inquisition, and returning them to the country. Algeria.

Oruj was able to successfully implement the plan and save tens of thousands of Moriscos. When Suleiman the Magnificent, the greatest sultan of the Ottoman Empire, took power, he also rose up to try to save the Moriscos. He prepared an army of two hundred thousand and tried to reach Andalusia via Vienna, but he did not complete the journey due to the Safavids attacking the capital. Ottoman Caliphate.

"Suleiman" also sent eighty ships and eight thousand Janissary fighters to the commander of his fleet, "Khair al-Din Barbarossa", and ordered him to attack Andalusia and rescue the Muslims there. The Ottoman Empire opened its doors to the Andalusians fleeing their country, “Andalusia,” and the Ottomans received nearly half a million Andalusians, Muslims and others. This was A quick look at some of the Ottomans’ attempts to save Andalusia,

The final question remains: Why were these attempts not crowned with success?!
The truth is that the matter was not as easy as some imagine. The matter was very complex, and there were many factors that prevented the Ottomans from saving Andalusia.

The most important of these factors is the geographical nature, in addition to the European Crusader alliance against the Ottomans and the Spanish closure of the Strait of Gibraltar. It is unfair to ignore all of that, forget all these attempts, and accuse the Ottomans of being excessive in supporting Andalusia.