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Fall of Gallipoli |
year: 13542 March 1354 |
| After an earthquake the Ottomans took Gallipoli and set foot in Europe | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
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enemy: Ottoman Turks
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location: Gallipoli in eastern Thrace, modern Gelibolu
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battle type: City Capture |
war: Byzantine-Ottoman Wars |
modern country:
Turkey |
| ▼ The Byzantines(emperor: John VI Kantakouzenos) | ▼ The Enemies | |
| Commander: | Unknown | Suleiman Pasha |
| Forces: | Unknown | Unknown |
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| Background story: |
| During the disastrous Byzantine civil war of 1352–1357, Turkish mercenaries allied to the emperor John VI Kantakouzenos plundered most of Byzantine Thrace and around 1352 were granted, as a reward for their services, the small fortress of Tzympe, 25km southwest of Gallipoli on European soil. A fatal mistake. According to a different explanation, the Turks just refused to leave Europe and captured the little castle. |
The Battle: |
 Ottoman warrior The Ottomans seized the opportunity. Suleiman Pasha (son of Orhan) entered the deserted and defenseless city, and within a month established there a Turkish presence quickly fortifying the city and populating it with Muslim families brought over from Anatolia. |
Noteworthy: |
| John VI offered cash to Sultan Orhan I to vacate the city, but was refused. The sultan said he had not taken the city by force and could not give up something which had been granted to him by Allah! |
Aftermath: |
The Turks set foot in Europe. In less than ten years, nearly all of Byzantine Thrace had fallen to the Turks. Due to the loss of Gallipoli Kantakouzenos' position became unstable, and he was overthrown in November of 1354. the situation around 1355 |
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