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When did Thessaloniki become Ottoman?

Thessaloniki (Salonica) · Today: Greece · Balkans

498years under Ottoman rule

Thessaloniki came under Ottoman rule in 1387; Ottoman rule ended in 1912. It changed hands in between; there are 2 separate Ottoman periods. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was born in this city in 1881.

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1387–1403 · 16 years1430–1912 · 482 years

Chronology

  1. 1387
    Became Ottoman

    Troops under Çandarlı Hayreddin Pasha and Gazi Evrenos took the city after a long blockade.

    Sultan: Murad I
  2. 1403
    Left Ottoman rule

    Under the Treaty of Gallipoli between Emir Süleyman and Byzantium the city passed to Byzantium.

  3. 1430
    Became Ottoman

    Murad II took the city from Venice on 29 March 1430.

    Sultan: Murad II
  4. 1912
    Left Ottoman rule

    Governor Hasan Tahsin Pasha surrendered the city to the Greeks on 26 October 1912; the 1913 Treaty of Bucharest confirmed it.

    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 “Thessaloniki–Chalkidiki–Mount Athos”. 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 1387

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