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When did Feodosia become Ottoman?

Feodosia (Kaffa) · Today: Crimea (Ukraine) · Central and Eastern Europe

296years under Ottoman rule

Feodosia came under Ottoman rule in 1475; Ottoman rule ended in 1771.

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1475–1771 · 296 years

Chronology

  1. 1475
    Became Ottoman

    Gedik Ahmed Pasha, sent by Mehmed II with a fleet of a hundred ships, took the Genoese colony and the whole coast in June 1475.

    Sultan: Mehmed II
  2. 1771
    Left Ottoman rule

    During the war that began in 1768 the Russians occupied the city.

    Sultan: Mustafa III
  3. 1783
    Note

    Kaffa passed definitively under Russian rule.

    Sultan: Abdulhamid 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 “Crimean Khanate (Crimea and the Nogai steppe)”. 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 1475

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