I don't agree, bro.
Selim II gained the throne after palace intrigue and fraternal dispute, succeeding as sultan on 7 September 1566. According to one source he became the first sultan who took no interest in military matters and was willing to abandon power to his ministers, provided he was left free to pursue his
orgies and debauches, earning him the byname of "Drunkard".
[3][
unreliable source]
Kinross, in
The Seeds of Decline (1977), suggests a connection between Selim's decadence and his decision to invade
Cyprus rather than supporting the
Morisco Revolt (1568–1571) in
Granada, as well as in the manner of his death: Selim died in
Topkapı Palace after a period of fever brought on when he drunkenly slipped on the wet floor of an unfinished bath-house and received a
head injury.
[4]
Also in his reign we suffered the first naval defeat.
Expeditions in the
Hejaz and
Yemen were more successful, but the conquest of
Cyprus in 1571, which provided Selim with his favourite vintage, led to the naval defeat against
Spain and
Italian states in the
Battle of Lepanto in the same year.
The Empire's shattered fleets were soon restored (in just six months, it consisted of about 150 galleys and eight
galleasses), and the Ottomans maintained control of the eastern Mediterranean (1573). In August 1574, months before Selim's death, the Ottomans regained control of
Tunis from Spain, which had captured it in 1572.
Of course, empire didn't crumbled in mere years and stayed for a formidable foe against Europeans for centuries. But if you compare him with the his fore fathers.... Selim the Grim, Fatih the Conqueror, Yıldırım the Lighting and others...he was a mere shadow.
He had been Sultan thanks to her mommy. Şehzade Mustafa would have continued the legacy of his father but that Ukrainian bitch killed him.