sentences:  He later took part in the Ottoman naval campaigns on the western coasts of the Mediterranean Sea.Seydi Ali Reis was subsequently promoted to the ranks of "Azepler Kâtibi", "Tersâne Kethüdâsı" (Commander of the Ottoman Imperial Naval Arsenal) and "Hassa Donanma Reisi" (Commander of the Ottoman Central Fleet).While Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent was at his winter residence in Aleppo towards the end of 1552, he appointed Seydi Ali Reis as the new Commander of the Ottoman Indian Ocean Fleet, based in Suez (Egypt), with other homeports in Aden (Yemen) and Basra (Iraq).