When did Benghazi become Ottoman?

Chronology

1. 1551
   Note

   With the Tripoli campaign the Barca region came under Ottoman rule.

   Sultan: Suleiman I
2. 1578
   Became Ottoman

   Benghazi was definitively incorporated into Ottoman administration.

   Sultan: Murad III
3. 1911
   Left Ottoman rule

   In October 1911 it was attacked by Italy.

   Sultan: Mehmed V
4. 1912
   Note

   Under the Treaty of Ouchy the city passed to Italy.

   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 “Benghazi–Barca”. 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, “BİNGAZİ” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.