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The lands of today's Libya passed under Ottoman rule with the capture of Tripoli in 1551 and remained Ottoman until the Italian war of 1911–1912.
Turgut Reis and Sinan Pasha took Tripoli on 15 August 1551; Benghazi and Fezzan were attached to Ottoman rule in the following years. From the early 18th century to 1835 the region was governed by the local Karamanli family under Ottoman suzerainty; direct rule returned in 1835. Italy attacked in 1911, and Tripolitania was given up by the Treaty of Ouchy in 1912.
The fleet of Grand Admiral Sinan Pasha took the city on 15 August 1551.
With the Tripoli campaign the Barca region came under Ottoman rule.
Benghazi was definitively incorporated into Ottoman administration.
Italy declared war and the city was occupied by Italian forces.
In October 1911 it was attacked by Italy.
By the Treaty of Ouchy (Lausanne) the Ottoman state gave up its last African province to Italy.
Under the Treaty of Ouchy the city passed to Italy.
Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, article “LİBYA” (in Turkish) and the atlas's city pages. Present-day borders are used.