Ties between the Dutch and the Ottoman Empire go back to October 1566. The connection was made through Joseph Nasi, a Jewish refugee who befriended Stadtholder Prince William of Orange (the Taciturn) in Antwerp. Prince William, who was appointed governor by Spanish king Philip II of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht in 1559, experienced difficulties on account of Philip’s hard-line policies against heretics and the involvement of the Inquisition. Prince William had appealed many times to Spanish King Philip II to moderate the persecution, but when this proved unsuccessful, his opposition hardened with a very public speech in 1664. Joseph Nasi, who had fled from the Inquisition in Spain, now worked for the Ottoman Sultan and arranged for a letter promising the Netherlands financial and military support. This aid came through in 1574.
 
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