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 the Magnificent . Suleiman became a prominent monarch of 16th-century Europe , presiding over the apex of the Ottoman Empire 's economic , military and political power . Under his rule , the Ottoman fleet dominated the seas from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and through the Persian Gulf .