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.Not all cities were conquered by military force. Some were included within Ottoman realm voluntarily. Some of the cities (like Tabriz, Yerevan or Belgrade) 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).Faik Reşit Unat: Tarih Atlası, Kanaat yayınları, İstanbul, 1991, p.29 Prof. Dr. Yaşar Yücel-Prof. Dr. Ali Sevim: Türkiye tarihi, AAKTDYK yayınları, İstanbul, 1991, Lord Kinross :Osmanlı İmparatorluğun Yükselişi ve Çöküşü (The Ottoman centuries, Trans.Meral Gaspıralı) Altın Kitaplar, İstanbul, 2008, ,

YearNameHolder before the ConquestPresent countryBattle/SiegeStatute1326Prusa (Bursa) Byzantine EmpireTurkeySiege of Bursa1331Nicaea (İznik)Siege of Nicaea1338Nicomedia (İzmit)1352Callipolis (Gelibolu)1356AnkaraAhis (Ankara ahileri)1361Adrianopol (Edirne) Byzantine Empire1364Plovdiv (Filibe) Bulgarian EmpireBulgariaCapture of PlovdivStara Zagora (Eski Zagra)Capture of Stara Zagora1365Niš Serbian EmpireSerbia1382Sofia Bulgarian EmpireBulgariaSiege of Sofia1388Ruse (Rusçuk)1389Varna1393Veliko Tarnovo (Tırnova)Siege of Tarnovo1395Nikopol (Niğbolu)Ohrid (Ohri) Gropa LordshipNorth MacedoniaKrujë (Akçahisar) (First occupation)Principality of AlbaniaAlbania1396Sati Zaharia Lordship of SatiVassalSilistra (Silistre) Bulgarian EmpireBulgariaVidin1417Vlorë (Avlonya)Principality of ValonaAlbaniaGiurgiu (Yergöğü) Principality of WallachiaRomania1419Constanța (Köstence)1426Smyrna (İzmir)AydinidsTurkey1430Thessaloniki (Selânik) Republic of VeniceGreeceSiege of Thessalonica1431Ioannina (Yânya) Despotate of EpirusGreece1450Berat (Arnavut Belgradı, Berat) Lordship of Berat/ League of LezhëAlbania1453Constantinople (Konstantiniye, Istanbul) Byzantine EmpireTurkeyFall of Constantinople1458Athens (Atina) Duchy of AthensGreece1459Pristina (Priştine)Serbian DespotateKosovoDisputed territory1460Bitola (Monastir, Manastır) Bulgarian EmpireNorth MacedoniaSkopje (Üsküp)1461Trebizond (Trabzon)Empire of TrebizondTurkeySiege of TrebizondSarajevo (Saray-ı Bosna, Saraybosna) Founded by OttomansBosnia and HerzegovinaJajce (Royal Seat of the Bosnian King)Fall of the Kingdom of Bosnia Bosnian Kingdom1466Iconium (Konya)KaramanidsTurkey1468Mostar Bosnian KingdomBosnia and Herzegovina1470Chalcis (Euboea-Eğriboz island)Greece1474Podgorica (Podgoriçe)Montenegro1475Bakhchisaray (Bahçesaray) Crimean Khanate UkraineVassalFeodosiya (Kefe) Republic of Genoa SudakAzov (Azak)Russia1478Lezhë Republic of VeniceAlbaniaSiege of Shkodra1479Shkodër (İşkodra)1480OtrantoPrincipality of TarantoItalyInvasion of OtrantoBrief acquisition1484Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (Akkerman) Principality of MoldaviaUkraine1514Arz-i Rûm (Erzurum)TurkeyTabriz (Tebriz)IranArdabil (Erdebil)1515VanTurkeyKara Amid (Diyâr-i Bekr, Diyarbakır)Urmiah (Ürmiye)Iran1516Antiochia (Antakya)TurkeyAleppo (Halep)SyriaDamascus (Trablus-i Şâm, Şam)BeirutLebanonAmmanJordanJerusalem (Kudüs)PalestineJaffa (Yafa)1517Cairo (Kâhire)Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)EgyptDamietta (Dumyat)Mecca (Mekke)Saudi ArabiaJeddah (Cidde)1521Belgrade (Belgrad) Kingdom of HungarySerbia1522Rhodes (Rodos) Knights HospitallerGreeceSiege of Rhodes1526TvrđaCroatia1529Algiers (Cezayir)AlgeriaCapture of AlgiersOdesa (Hacibey) Grand Duchy of LithuaniaUkraine1531DiuIndiaSiege of DiuBrief acquisition1534Tunis (Tunus)TunisiaConquest of TunisBaghdad (Bağdat)Safavid EmpireIraqCapture of Baghdad1537Klis (Clissa, Kilis)CroatiaSiege of Klis1538BasraIraq1538AdenYemenCapture of AdenSan'aTighina (Bender) Principality of MoldaviaMoldovaBrăila (İbrail) Principality of WallachiaRomania1539Herceg Novi (Yeni Hersek)MontenegroSiege of Castelnuovo1541Buda (Budin) Kingdom of HungaryHungarySiege of Buda1543Esztergom (Estergon)Siege of Esztergom1547VanTurkeySiege of Van1551Gozo MaltaInvasion of GozoBrief acquisitionTripoli (Trablus-i Gârb, Trablusgarp)LibyaSiege of Tripoli1552MuscatOmanTouggourt AlgeriaMarching overland to SaharaTimișoara (Temeşvar) Eastern Hungarian KingdomRomaniaSiege of Temesvár (1552)1555BéjaïaAlgeriaCapture of Bougie1557MassawaEritrea1566Szigetvár (Zigetvar) Kingdom of HungaryHungarySiege of Szigetvár1567ZabidYemen1571Ulcinj (Ulqin/Dulcigno) Republic of VeniceMontenegroNicosia (Lefkoşa)Cyprus1578Akhaltsikhe (Ahıska)GeorgiaYerevanArmeniaBenghaziLibyaTbilisi (Tiflis)GeorgiaGanja (Gence)AzerbaijanBaku (Bakü)1584LoriArmenia1587Hamadan (Hamedan)Iran1590DerbentRussia (Dagestan)1594Győr (Yanık) Kingdom of HungaryHungary1596Eger (Eğri)Siege of Eger1600Nagykanizsa (Kanije)Siege of Kanije1645Chania (Hanya)Greece1660 Oradea (Varat) Principality of TransylvaniaRomania1663 Nové Zámky (Uyvar) Kingdom of HungarySlovakiaSiege of Érsekújvár1669 Heraklion (Kandiye)GreeceSiege of Candia1672Kamianets-Podilskyi (Kamaniçe)Ukraine1678Chyhyryn (Çehrin)1683PerchtoldsdorfAustriaBattle of ViennaBrief acquisition1713Khotyn (Hotin) Principality of MoldaviaUkraineConquest1852DohaQatarVassal1869ManamaBahrain

See also List of Ottoman Empire territories Battles involving the Ottoman Empire List of Ottoman sieges and landings

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