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The list of major cities conquered by the Ottoman Empire is below. Since it is impossible to include all cities, only the most populous cities, capitals and the cities with strategical or historical importance are shown.


Cities

This following list, the first column shows the year of the conquest.Not all cities were conquered by military force. Some were included within Ottoman realm voluntarily. Some of the cities (like Tabriz, Yerevan or Belgrad) had been conquered more than once. In this case, only the first conquest has been shown. The second column shows the name of the city (where necessary, the Ottoman Turkish name and/or the contemporary Turkish name has also been given in parathesis), the third column shows the holder before conquest and the fourth column shows the present country. In the fifth column links to the article in this encyclopedia for the details of the conquest (where applicable).Lord Kinross :''Osmanlı İmparatorluğun Yükselişi ve Çöküşü'' (''The Ottoman centuries'', Trans.Meral Gaspıralı) Altın Kitaplar, İstanbul, 2008, ,


See also

* List of Ottoman Empire territories *
Battles involving the Ottoman Empire List of the main battles in the history of the Ottoman Empire are shown below. The life span of the empire was more than six centuries, and the maximum territorial extent, at the zenith of its power in the second half of the 16th century, stretc ...
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List of Ottoman sieges and landings The following is a List of Ottoman sieges and landings from the 14th century to World War I. Rise (1299–1453) Growth (1453–1550) Transformation (1550-1700) Stagnation (1700–1827) Decline (1828–1908) Dissolution (190 ...


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References

{{Organisation of the Ottoman Empire Military campaigns involving the Ottoman Empire Military history of the Ottoman Empire
Cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be de ...