When did Athens become Ottoman?

Chronology

1. 1397
   Note

   Timurtaş Pasha, sent by Bayezid I, probably took the city, but only briefly.

   Sultan: Bayezid I
2. 1456
   Became Ottoman

   Turahan Bey, governor of Trikala sent by Mehmed II, took the city in May 1456.

   Sultan: Mehmed II
3. 1687
   Note

   During the Venetian siege a cannonball blew up the Parthenon, then used as a mosque; Venice held the city briefly.

   Sultan: Mehmed IV
4. 1821
   Note

   In the Greek uprising rebels seized the Acropolis; it was later recovered by Reşid Pasha.

   Sultan: Mahmud II
5. 1833
   Left Ottoman rule

   Ruined by the fighting, the city was handed over to the Greeks in 1833 and soon became the new state's capital.

   Sultan: Mahmud II

How the total is counted: years of actual Ottoman rule are added up. Temporary occupations shorter than a year (that were reversed) are not subtracted; they appear as notes in the chronology.

In the atlas

On the atlas map the city lies in the region “Athens–Central Greece”. Map colours work at region level, so the city's own dates may differ from the region's by a few years.

Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “ATİNA” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.