TRENDEAtlas of the Sultans · Cities

When did Siirt become Ottoman?

Today: Turkey

408years under Ottoman rule

Siirt came under Ottoman rule in 1514; it remained an Ottoman city until the end of the empire.

Siirt
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1514–until 1922 · 408 years

Chronology

  1. 1514
    Became Ottoman

    After the victory at Chaldiran Siirt joined the Ottoman lands with neighbouring places.

    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 1514

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