Ia diakui sebagai seorang ahli militer yang genius.[13] Seorang laksamana Prancis mendeskripsikannya sebagai "peta laut hidup di Laut, cukup mahir di daratan untuk dibandingkan dengan jenderal-jenderal terbaik pada saat itu. Tiada ada orang lain yang lebih berhak selain beliau untuk membawa nama raja".[15]
Turgut juga dikenali sebagai "pahlawan bajak laut terbesar sepanjang zaman",[13] "tanpa ragu-ragu adalah pemimpin Turki yang paling cakap",[15] dan "raja tanpa takhta di Laut Tengah".[15]
Di bawah kepimpinan beliau,[13] kekuasaan maritim Kesultanan Utsmaniyah terbentang melintasi Afrika Utara.[2] Sewaktu mengabdi sebagai Pasha di Tripoli, Turgut membangun banyak bangunan besar dan menjadikannya salah satu kota paling mengagumkan di Afrika Utara pada saat itu.[8]
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↑J Fl 1739 Morgan (2016). A Complete History of Algiers. to Which Is Prefixed, an Epitome of the General History of Barbary, from the Earliest Times: Interspersed with Many Curious Remarks and Passages Not Touched on by Any Writer Whatever, Volume 2. Wentworth Press. hlm.432. ISBN9781360782119. Pemeliharaan CS1: Nama numerik: authors list (link)
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