TRENDEAtlas of the Sultans · Cities

When did Mardin become Ottoman?

Today: Turkey

405years under Ottoman rule

Mardin came under Ottoman rule in 1517; it remained an Ottoman city until the end of the empire.

Mardin
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1517–until 1922 · 405 years

Chronology

  1. 1517
    Became Ottoman

    After Marj Dabiq, Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha intensified the siege and took the city (late 1516 or May 1517).

    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 “Diyarbakır–Van–Urfa”. 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 1517

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