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When did Denizli become Ottoman?

Today: Turkey

504years under Ottoman rule

Denizli came under Ottoman rule in 1391; it remained an Ottoman city until the end of the empire. It changed hands in between; there are 2 separate Ottoman periods.

Denizli
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1391–1402 · 11 years1429–until 1922 · 493 years

Chronology

  1. 1391
    Became Ottoman

    Bayezid I came to Denizli and annexed these lands.

    Sultan: Bayezid I
  2. 1402
    Left Ottoman rule

    After the Battle of Ankara Timur handed the area back to the Germiyanids.

    Sultan: Bayezid I
  3. 1429
    Became Ottoman

    With the Germiyan lands the city passed again, and for good, to the Ottomans.

    Sultan: Murad 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 “Aydın–Saruhan–Menteşe”. 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 1391

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