re: #143 Fairly Sure I’m Still Obdicut

No, the Ottoman empire fought a lot of naval battles in the Indian ocean, against the Dutch, and they did actually feel a need to go there. They just weren’t very good at it and didn’t adapt well, kept trying to use Mediterranean tactics and ships there.

en.wikipedia.org

It was a relatively short period, but they did indeed go there.

According that article the Ottomans were mostly face Portugal, not the Netherlands.