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War of the Sheep Islands, fought on 19 May 1090 between the Turk fleet under the command of Çaka Bey and the Byzantine fleet, was the first open-sea naval victory in Turkish maritime history. This naval battle, fought near the Sheep Islands between Sakız Island and the Karaburun Peninsula in the Aegean Sea, represents the first major military success of the Turks in naval warfare. Background of the War By the end of the 11th century, the Byzantine Empire’s military and naval power along the Aege