TRENDEAtlas of the Sultans · Cities

When did Tokat become Ottoman?

Today: Turkey

524years under Ottoman rule

Tokat came under Ottoman rule in 1398; it remained an Ottoman city until the end of the empire.

Tokat
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1398–until 1922 · 524 years

Chronology

  1. 1398
    Became Ottoman

    After Kadı Burhaneddin was killed, the townspeople, weary of feuding emirs, invited the Ottomans, who took the city.

    Sultan: Bayezid 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 “Sivas–Amasya–Tokat (Rum)”. 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 1398

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