When did Serres become Ottoman?

Chronology

1. 1383
   Became Ottoman

   Ottoman troops under Deli Balaban Bey and Lala Şahin Pasha conquered the city.

   Sultan: Murad I
2. 1912
   Left Ottoman rule

   In the Balkan War the city fell to the Bulgarians; in 1913, just before they handed it to Greece, it was burned and ruined.

   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 “Macedonia (Skopje–Bitola)”. 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, “SEREZ” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.