Malkoçoğlu Balı Bey
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Malkoçoğlu Bali Bey (1495–1548), also known as Malkoç Bey, was an Ottoman military commander and governor, serving
Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman I ( ota, سليمان اول, Süleyman-ı Evvel; tr, I. Süleyman; 6 November 14946 September 1566), commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent in the West and Suleiman the Lawgiver ( ota, قانونى سلطان سليمان, Ḳ ...
. The son of Malkoçoğlu Yaya Pasha who had served as Beylerbey of
Anatolia Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...
and
Rumelia Rumelia ( ota, روم ايلى, Rum İli; tr, Rumeli; el, Ρωμυλία), etymologically "Land of the Romans", at the time meaning Eastern Orthodox Christians and more specifically Christians from the Byzantine rite, was the name of a hi ...
and attained the rank of vizier, marrying a daughter of
Bayezid II Bayezid II ( ota, بايزيد ثانى, Bāyezīd-i s̱ānī, 3 December 1447 – 26 May 1512, Turkish: ''II. Bayezid'') was the eldest son and successor of Mehmed II, ruling as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. During his reign, B ...
in 1501, , most probably Hümaşah Sultan. His younger brother was Malkoçoğlu Mehmet Bey. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Mohács (1526). He then served as the governor (''
beylerbey ''Beylerbey'' ( ota, بكلربكی, beylerbeyi, lit= bey of beys, meaning the 'commander of commanders' or 'lord of lords') was a high rank in the western Islamic world in the late Middle Ages and early modern period, from the Anatolian Selj ...
'') of the Budin Eyalet after 1541. Balı Bey was the commander of akıncı and gazis.


In popular culture

He was portrayed by
Cüneyt Arkın Fahrettin Cüreklibatır (8 September 1937 – 28 June 2022), better known by his stage name Cüneyt Arkın, was a Turkish film actor, director, producer and martial artist. Having starred in somewhere around 300 movies and TV series, he is wid ...
classic movie series in Malkoçoğlu and actor Burak Özçivit in the '' Muhteşem Yüzyıl'' (2011–14) series.


See also

* Malkoçoğlu family


References


Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Malkocoglu Family Muslims from the Ottoman Empire Governors of the Ottoman Empire 16th-century Ottoman military personnel 1495 births 1548 deaths