Ottoman dominance over the Mediterranean Sea during the mid 16th century was secured by which admiral?

In the mid 16th century, the Mediterranean Sea was dominated by the Ottoman Empire due to naval victories secured by an Ottoman corsair (pirate) and later admiral (‘Kapudan Pasha’) of the Ottoman Navy. His name was Hayreddin Barbarossa (c. 1466/1478 - July 4, 1546). His nickname was Red Beard in Italian. The name ‘Hayreddin is from Arabic ‘Khayr ad-Din’, meaning ‘goodness of the faith’ or ‘best of the faith’.

The records document his allegiance to the Ottoman Empire and active years of naval service from 1500 to 1545.

Some of the ports the Ottoman Navy operated from included Tripoli, Rabat, Tunis, and Algiers. Their dominance of the Ottoman Empire throughout the Mediterranean Sea lasted until the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.

A mausoleum is in the Barbarossa Park of Besiktas, Istanbul, where his statue also stands, next to the Istanbul Naval Museum.

On the back of the statue are verses by the Turkish poet Yahya Kemal Behath, which may be translated: “Whence on the sea’s horizon comes that roar? / Can it be Barbarossa now returning / From Tunis or Algiers or from the Isles? / Two hundred vessels ride upon the waves, / Coming from lands the rising Crescent lights: / O blessed ships, from what seas are ye come?”

In the centuries following his death, even today, Turkish seamen salute his mausoleum with a canon shot before leaving for naval operations and battles.