List of cities conquered by the Ottoman Empire
Introduction The '''list of major cities conquered by the Ottoman Empire''' is below. Since it is impossible to include all cities, only the most populous cities, capitals and the cities with strategical or historical importance are shown.
Cities  This following list, the first column shows the year of the conquest. Some of the cities (like Tabriz, Yerevan or Belgrad) had been conquered more than once. In this case, only the first conquest has been shown. The second column shows the name of the city (where necessary, the Ottoman Turkish name and/or the contemporary Turkish name has also been given in parathesis), the third column shows the holder before conquest and the fourth column shows the present country. In the fifth column links to the article in this encyclopedia for the details of the conquest (where applicable).YearNameHolder before the ConquestPresent countryBattle/SiegeStatute1326Prusa (''Bursa'')20px Byzantine EmpireTurkeySiege of Bursa1331Nicaea (''İznik'')20px Byzantine EmpireTurkeySiege of Nicaea1338Nicomedia (''İzmit'')20px Byzantine EmpireTurkey1352Callipolis (''Gelibolu'')20px Byzantine EmpireTurkey1356AnkaraAhis (''Ankara ahileri'')Turkey1361Adrianopol (Edirne)20px Byzantine EmpireTurkey1364Plovdiv (Filibe)20px Bulgarian EmpireBulgariaCapture of Plovdid1364Stara Zagora (''Eski Zagra'')20px Bulgarian EmpireBulgariaCapture of Stara Zagora1365Niš20px Serbian EmpireSerbia1382Sofia20px Bulgarian EmpireBulgariaSiege of Sofia1388Ruse (Rusçuk)20px Bulgarian EmpireBulgaria1389Varna20px Bulgarian EmpireBulgaria1393Veliko Tarnovo (''Tırnova'')20px Bulgarian EmpireBulgariaSiege of Tarnovo1395Nikopol (Niğbolu)20px Bulgarian EmpireBulgaria1395Ohrid (Ohri) Gropa LordshipNorth Macedonia1395Krujë (''Akçahisar'') (First occupation)Princedom of AlbaniaAlbania1396Sati Zaharia Lordship of SatiAlbaniaVassal1396Silistra (''Silistre'')20px Bulgarian EmpireBulgaria1396Vidin20px Bulgarian EmpireBulgaria1417Vlorë (''Avlonya'')Principality of ValonaAlbania1419Constanța (Köstence)20px Bulgarian EmpireRomania1426Smyrna (İzmir)AydinidsTurkey1430Thessaloniki (''Selânik'')20px Republic of VeniceGreeceSiege of Thessalonica1431Ioannina (''Yânya'')20px Despotate of EpirusGreece1450Berat (''Arnavut Belgradı'', Berat) Lordship of Berat/20px League of LezhëAlbania1453Constantinople (''Konstantiniye'', Istanbul)20px Byzantine EmpireTurkeyFall of Constantinople1458Athens (Atina)20px Duchy of AthensGreece1459Pristina (Priştine)Serbian DespotateKosovo1460Bitola (Monastir, Manastır)20px Bulgarian EmpireNorth Macedonia1460Skopje (Üsküp)20px Bulgarian EmpireNorth Macedonia1461Trebizond (Trabzon)Empire of TrebizondTurkeySiege of Trebizond1461Sarajevo (''Saray-ı Bosna'', Saraybosna)  Founded by OttomansBosnia and Herzegovina1461Jajce (Royal Seat of the Bosnian King)20px Bosnian KingdomBosnia and Herzegovina1466Iconium (Konya)KaramanidsTurkey1468Mostar20px Bosnian KingdomBosnia and Herzegovina1470Chalcis (Euboea-Eğriboz island)Greece1474Podgorica (''Podgoriçe'')Montenegro1475Bakhchisaray (Bahçesaray)20px Crimean Khanate  UkraineVassal1475Feodosiya (''Kefe'')20px Republic of Genoa Ukraine1475Sudak20px Republic of GenoaUkraine1475Azov (''Azak'')Russia1478Lezhë20px Republic of VeniceAlbaniaSiege of Shkodra1479Shkodër (İşkodra)20px Republic of VeniceAlbaniaSiege of Shkodra1480OtrantoPrincipality of TarantoItalyInvasion of OtrantoBrief acquisition1484Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (''Akkerman'')Ukraine1514Arz-i Rûm (''Erzurum'')Turkey1514Tabriz (Tebriz)Iran1514Ardabil (Erdebil)Iran1515VanTurkey1515Kara Amid (''Diyâr-i Bekr'', Diyarbakır)Turkey1515Urmiah (Ürmiye)Iran1516Antiochia (Antakya)Turkey1516Aleppo (Halep)Syria1516Damascus (''Trablus-i Şâm'', Şam)Syria1516BeirutLebanon1516AmmanJordan1516Jerusalem (Kudüs)Palestine1516Jaffa (Yafa)Palestine1517Cairo (Kâhire)Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)Egypt1517Damietta (''Dumyat'')Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)Egypt1517Mecca (Mekke)Saudi Arabia1517Jeddah (Cidde)Saudi Arabia1521BelgradeKingdom of HungarySerbia1522Rhodes (Rodos)20px Knights HospitallerGreeceSiege of Rhodes1526TvrđaCroatia1529Algiers (Cezayir)AlgeriaCapture of Algiers1529Odesa (''Hacibey'')Ukraine1531DiuIndiaSiege of DiuBrief acquisition1534Tunis (Tunus)TunisiaConquest of Tunis1534Baghdad (Bağdat)Safavid EmpireIraqCapture of Baghdad1537Klis (Clissa, ''Kilis'')CroatiaSiege of Klis1538BasraIraq1538AdenYemenCapture of Aden1538San'aYemen1538BenderMoldova1538Chişinău (Knişev)Moldova1539Herceg Novi (Yeni Hersek)MontenegroSiege of Castelnuovo1541BudaHungarySiege of Buda1543Esztergom (''Estergon'')HungarySiege of Esztergom1547VanTurkeySiege of Van1551Gozo MaltaInvasion of GozoBrief acquisition1551Tripoli (''Trablus-i Gârb'', Trablusgarp)LibyaSiege of Tripoli1552MuscatOman1552Touggourt AlgeriaMarching overland to Sahara1552TimișoaraRomania1555BéjaïaAlgeriaCapture of Bougie1557MassawaEritrea1566Szigetvár (''Zigetvar'')HungarySiege of Szigetvár1567ZabidYemen1571Ulcinj (Ulqin/Dulcigno)20px Republic of VeniceMontenegro1571Nicosia (Lefkoşa)Cyprus1578Akhaltsikhe (Ahıska)Georgia1578YerevanArmenia1578BenghaziLibya1578Tbilisi (Tiflis)Georgia1578Ganja (Gence)Azerbaijan1578Baku (Bakü)Azerbaijan1584LoriArmenia1587Hamadan (Hamedan)Iran1590DerbentRussia (Dagestan)1594Győr (''Yanık'')Hungary1596EgerHoly Roman EmpireHungary1600Nagykanizsa (''Kanije'')HungarySiege of Kanije1645Chania (Hanya)Greece1660 Oradea (Varat)Romania1663 Nové Zámky (''Uyvar'')Slovakia1669 Heraklion (Kandiye)GreeceSiege of Candia1672Kamianets-Podilskyi (''Kamaniçe'')Ukraine1678Chyhyryn (Çehrin)Ukraine1683PerchtoldsdorfAustriaBattle of ViennaBrief acquisition1713Khotyn (''Hotin'')UkraineConquest1852DohaQatarVassal1869ManamaBahrainVassal
See also *List of Ottoman Empire territories*Battles involving the Ottoman Empire*List of Ottoman sieges and landings
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