Cossack raid on North Anatolia

Cossack raid on North Anatolia (1616)
Part of the Cossack raids and Cossack naval campaigns
DateAutumn 1616
Location
Northern Anatolia
Result Cossack victory
Territorial
changes
Devastation of Istanbul and major cities
Belligerents
Zaporozhian Cossacks Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny Ahmed I
Chikala Pasha
Ibrahim Pasha 
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown 5,000–6,000 killed
Many captured
(Istanbul, per Ottomans)
Naval losses
  • 3 large ships sunk
  • 26 galleys sunk
  • Several small ships sunk
  • 15 galleys captured

The Cossack raid on Northern Anatolia was a large-scale attack led by Cossack leader Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny against major Ottoman cities on the shores of north Anatolia, which took place in the autumn of 1616.