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When did Diyarbakır become Ottoman?

Today: Turkey

407years under Ottoman rule

Diyarbakır came under Ottoman rule in 1515; it remained an Ottoman city until the end of the empire.

Diyarbakır
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1515–until 1922 · 407 years

Chronology

  1. 1515
    Became Ottoman

    After Chaldiran, when the Safavid commander Kara Khan lifted his siege and withdrew, the city came under Ottoman rule on 10 September 1515.

    Sultan: Selim I
  2. 1515
    Note

    On 4 November 1515 the province of Diyarbekir, centred on Amid, was created and given to Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha.

    Sultan: Selim I

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 “Diyarbakır–Van–Urfa”. 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 1515

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