TRENDEAtlas of the Sultans · Cities

When did Bayburt become Ottoman?

Today: Turkey

406years under Ottoman rule

Bayburt came under Ottoman rule in 1514; it remained an Ottoman city until the end of the empire. It changed hands in between; there are 2 separate Ottoman periods.

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1514–1916 · 402 years1918–until 1922 · 4 years

Chronology

  1. 1514
    Became Ottoman

    Ottoman forces under Bıyıklı Mehmed Bey took the town from its Safavid commander.

    Sultan: Selim I
  2. 1829
    Note

    In the war of 1828–1829 the town was occupied by Russia, and again briefly in 1878.

    Sultan: Mahmud II
  3. 1916
    Left Ottoman rule

    In the First World War the Russians occupied and largely destroyed the town.

    Sultan: Mehmed V
  4. 1918
    Became Ottoman

    The Russian occupation ended in 1918.

    Sultan: Mehmed V

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 “Erzurum–Bayburt–Erzincan”. Map colours work at region level, so the city's own dates may differ from the region's by a few years.

Open the map in 1514

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