TRENDEAtlas of the Sultans · Cities

When did Famagusta become Ottoman?

Today: Cyprus · Aegean and Mediterranean islands

307years under Ottoman rule

Famagusta came under Ottoman rule in 1571; Ottoman rule ended in 1878. Namık Kemal wrote here while in exile.

Famagusta
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1571–1878 · 307 years

Chronology

  1. 1571
    Became Ottoman

    In the Cyprus campaign the Ottomans took Famagusta eleven months after Nicosia, on 1 August 1571, after a hard siege.

    Sultan: Selim II
  2. 1878
    Left Ottoman rule

    The British took over the administration of Cyprus.

    Sultan: Abdulhamid 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 “Cyprus”. 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 1571

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