 Salih Reis returned to Constantinople, where, due to his success in the conquest of Tripoli, he was promoted to the rank of "Bahriye Beylerbeyi" (Admiral) of the Ottoman West Mediterranean Fleet and was appointed as the Beylerbeyi (the Ottoman equivalent of Grand Duke) of Algiers in 1551.In April 1552 he reached Algiers, and later set sail towards Sicily, where he captured a Maltese ship.In the summer of 1552, he joined the forces of Turgut Reis who landed at the Gulf of Naples, and together with him later assaulted the coasts of Lazio and Tuscany.