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When did Veliko Tarnovo become Ottoman?

Today: Bulgaria · Balkans

484years under Ottoman rule

Veliko Tarnovo came under Ottoman rule in 1393; Ottoman rule ended in 1877.

Veliko Tarnovo
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1393–1877 · 484 years

Chronology

  1. 1388
    Note

    During Grand Vizier Çandarlı Ali Pasha's winter campaign the city was taken without a fight.

    Sultan: Murad I
  2. 1393
    Became Ottoman

    After a long, fierce siege Bayezid I retook the city on 17 June 1393; the capital of the Bulgarian tsardom became Ottoman.

    Sultan: Bayezid I
  3. 1877
    Left Ottoman rule

    In the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 the Russian army took the city on 24 June 1877.

    Sultan: Abdulhamid II

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 “Danubian Bulgaria”. 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 1393

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