TRENDEAtlas of the Sultans · Cities

When did Malatya become Ottoman?

Today: Turkey

406years under Ottoman rule

Malatya came under Ottoman rule in 1516; it remained an Ottoman city until the end of the empire.

Malatya
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1516–until 1922 · 406 years

Chronology

  1. 1399
    Note

    Bayezid I first brought the city under Ottoman rule, but not for long.

    Sultan: Bayezid I
  2. 1516
    Became Ottoman

    On the Egyptian campaign Hadım Sinan Pasha's army reached Malatya on the Mamluk border on 28 July 1516; the city came under Ottoman rule.

    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 “Malatya”. 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 1516

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