When did Kavala become Ottoman?

Chronology

1. 1383
   Note

   According to the earliest Ottoman chronicles the town was taken peacefully together with Drama and Serres.

   Sultan: Murad I
2. 1390
   Became Ottoman

   Bayezid I took Kavala in September 1390 and had its walls torn down.

   Sultan: Bayezid I
3. 1912
   Left Ottoman rule

   In the Balkan War the Bulgarian army occupied the area in autumn 1912; the Treaty of Bucharest of 10 August 1913 gave the city to Greece.

   Sultan: Mehmed V

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 “Western Thrace (Komotini–Kavala)”. Map colours work at region level, so the city's own dates may differ from the region's by a few years.

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