Suleiman the Magnificent was dead during the Ottoman Empire.
The Ottoman Navy ( Osmanlı Donanması or Donanma-yı Humâyûn ) , also known as the Ottoman Fleet , was established in the early 14th century after the Ottoman Empire first expanded to reach the sea in 1323 by capturing Karamürsel , the site of the first Ottoman naval shipyard and the nucleus of the future Navy . Suleiman I ( سلطان سليمان اول Modern I. Süleyman , Kanunî Sultan Süleyman or Muhteşem Süleyman 6 November 1494 -- 6 September 1566 ) , commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and `` Kanuni '' ( the Lawgiver ) in his realm , was the tenth and longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to his death in 1566 . Under his rule , the Ottoman fleet dominated the seas from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and through the Persian Gulf .