1514Ottoman Victory at the Battle of Chaldiran

The Battle of Chaldiran, the Ottoman Empire gains decisive v...
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⚔️ Ottoman Victory at the Battle of Chaldiran

The Battle of Chaldiran, the Ottoman Empire gains decisive victory against Safavid dynasty.
Ottoman Victory at the Battle of Chaldiran (1514)
WarfareOttoman EmpireSafavid DynastyMilitary HistoryBattleReligious ConflictShia IslamSunni Islam
TurkeyTurkeyIranIran

⚔️ Ottoman Victory Secures Eastern Anatolia from Safavids

The Ottoman Empire wrests Eastern Anatolia from the Safavids after the Battle of Chaldiran.
Ottoman Victory Secures Eastern Anatolia from Safavids (1515)
Ottoman EmpireSafavid DynastyMilitary ConflictTerritorial ExpansionGeopoliticsShia IslamSunni Islam
TurkeyTurkeyIranIran

⚔️ Ottoman Conquest of Anatolian Beyliks

The Ottomans conquer the last beyliks of Anatolia, the Dulkadirs and the Ramadanids.
Ottoman Conquest of Anatolian Beyliks (1515)
Ottoman EmpireConquestMilitary HistoryMilitary ExpansionWarfareRegional PowerIslamic World
TurkeyTurkey

⚔️ Ottoman Conquest of Buda and Hungarian Territory

Capture of Buda and the absorption of the major part of Hungary by the Ottoman Empire.
Ottoman Conquest of Buda and Hungarian Territory (1541)
Ottoman EmpireInvasionMilitary HistoryHungarian HistoryConquestSixteenth CenturyExpansionismReligious ConflictHabsburgsEuropean History
HungaryHungaryOttoman EmpireOttoman Empire

⚔️ Ottoman Capture of Massawa

The Ottomans capture Massawa, all but isolating Ethiopia from the rest of the world.
Ottoman Capture of Massawa (1557)
Ottoman EmpireConquestTrade RoutesIsolationismWarfareExpansionism
EthiopiaEthiopiaTurkeyTurkeyEritreaEritrea

⚔️ Ottoman Sack of Nicosia

20,000 inhabitants of Nicosia in Cyprus were massacred and every church, public building, and palace was looted. Cyprus fell to the Ottoman Turks the following year.
Ottoman Sack of Nicosia (1570)
Ottoman EmpireMassacreInvasionConquestSiegeReligious ConflictWarfare
CyprusCyprusTurkeyTurkey