Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin da yake da shekaru 12 wani kwamandan sojojin Ottoman ya lura da shi saboda kwarewarsa ta musamman wajen amfani da mashi da kibiyoyi kuma ya ɗauke shi aiki. A karkashin goyon bayansa matashin Turgut ya zama ƙwararren ma'aikacin jirgin ruwa, fitaccen mai harbi, kuma an horar da shi a matsayin mai harbi da kuma masanin bindigar kewaye, kwarewar da za ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a nasarar Turgut da kuma suna a matsayin fitaccen ma'aikacin jirgin ruwa. Gwamnan Turkiyya na Ottoman ya ɗauki Turgut zuwa Masar a 1517, inda ya shiga cikin Ottoman nasara na
Misira a matsayin cannoneer. Ya kara inganta kwarewarsa a wannan fannin yayin da yake zaune a Alkahira. Bayan mutuwar maigidansa, Turgut ya tafi Alexandria kuma ya fara aikinsa a matsayin ma'aikacin jirgin ruwa bayan ya shiga rundunar Sinan Pasha. Nan da nan ya zama ɗaya daga cikin ƙaunatattun ma'aikatan shahararren corsair saboda nasarar da ya samu na buga jiragen ruwan abokan gaba da bindigogi. Ba da daɗewa ba Turgut ya ƙware da ƙwarewar aikin jirgin ruwa kuma ya zama kyaftin na brigantine, yayin da aka ba shi 1/4 na mallakarsa. Bayan yaƙin neman zaɓe da yawa da suka yi nasara, ya zama mai mallakar brigantine. Daga baya Turgut ya zama kyaftin kuma mai mallakar galiot, kuma yana dauke da makamai mafi inganci na wannan lokacin, ya fara aiki a Gabashin Bahar Rum, musamman ma yana niyya ga hanyoyin jigilar kayayyaki tsakanin Venice da tsibirin Aegean na Repubblica Serenissima.