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When did Karaman become Ottoman?

Karaman (Larende) · Today: Turkey

456years under Ottoman rule

Karaman came under Ottoman rule in 1397; it remained an Ottoman city until the end of the empire. It changed hands in between; there are 2 separate Ottoman periods. The seat of the Karamanid principality, which gave the city its name.

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1397–1402 · 5 years1471–until 1922 · 451 years

Chronology

  1. 1397
    Became Ottoman

    Larende was taken by Bayezid I.

    Sultan: Bayezid I
  2. 1402
    Left Ottoman rule

    After the Battle of Ankara the town passed back to the Karamanids.

    Sultan: Bayezid I
  3. 1471
    Became Ottoman

    In spring 1471 Grand Vizier İshak Pasha marched straight on Larende and took it.

    Sultan: Mehmed 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 “Karaman–Konya–Kayseri”. 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 1397

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