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When did Çanakkale become Ottoman?

Today: Turkey

562years under Ottoman rule

Çanakkale came under Ottoman rule in 1360; it remained an Ottoman city until the end of the empire. The saying 'Çanakkale is impassable' comes from the defence of 1915.

Çanakkale
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1360–until 1922 · 562 years

Chronology

  1. 1360
    Became Ottoman

    When Prince Murad annexed the area for good, the Çanakkale region passed under Ottoman rule.

    Sultan: Orhan
  2. 1809
    Note

    On 5 January 1809 the Treaty of the Dardanelles, regulating warships' passage through the Straits, was signed here.

    Sultan: Mahmud II
  3. 1915
    Note

    On 18 March 1915 the Allied fleet was defeated in the Strait; the Gallipoli campaign lasted until early 1916.

    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 “Karesi (Balıkesir–Çanakkale)”. 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 1360

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