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When did Samsun become Ottoman?

Today: Turkey

502years under Ottoman rule

Samsun came under Ottoman rule in 1420; it remained an Ottoman city until the end of the empire. 19 May is today Turkey's Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day.

Samsun
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1420–until 1922 · 502 years

Chronology

  1. 1420
    Became Ottoman

    In the Canik campaign of 1418 the southern parts of the region became Ottoman; Samsun was taken two years later.

    Sultan: Mehmed I
  2. 1919
    Note

    On 19 May 1919 Mustafa Kemal Pasha landed at Samsun; the national struggle began.

    Sultan: Mehmed VI

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 “Canik (Samsun–Ordu)”. 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 1420

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