Cossack raid on North Anatolia

Cossack raid on North Anatolia (1616)
Part of the Cossack raids and Cossack naval campaigns
DateAutumn 1616
Location
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
2,000 Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Istanbul, per Ottomans:
5,000–6,000 killed
Many captured
Naval losses:
  • 26 galleys sunk
  • 15 galleys captured
  • 3 large ships sunk
  • Several small ships sunk

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.