TRENDEAtlas of the Sultans · Cities
Today: Turkey
Sinop came under Ottoman rule in 1461; it remained an Ottoman city until the end of the empire.
When Mehmed the Conqueror set out to dominate the Black Sea, he took Sinop and its surroundings without a fight.
Sultan: Mehmed IIAt the start of the Crimean War the Russian fleet destroyed the Ottoman squadron in the harbour (Battle of Sinop).
Sultan: Abdulmejid I · Event page →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.
On the atlas map the city lies in the region “Kastamonu–Sinop (Candar)”. 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 1461Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “SİNOP” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.