List of cities conquered by the Ottoman Empire
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. Some of the cities 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, 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.| Year | Name | Holder before the Conquest | Present country | Battle/Siege | Statute | - |
| 1326 | Prusa | Byzantine Empire | Turkey | Siege of Bursa | - | |
| 1331 | Nicaea | Byzantine Empire | Turkey | Siege of Nicaea | - | |
| 1338 | Nicomedia | Byzantine Empire | Turkey | - | ||
| 1352 | Callipolis | Byzantine Empire | Turkey | - | ||
| 1356 | Ankara | Ahis | Turkey | - | ||
| 1361 | Adrianopol | Byzantine Empire | Turkey | - | ||
| 1364 | Plovdiv | Bulgarian Empire | Bulgaria | Capture of Plovdid | - | |
| 1364 | Stara Zagora | Bulgarian Empire | Bulgaria | Capture of Stara Zagora | - | |
| 1365 | Niš | Serbian Empire | Serbia | - | ||
| 1382 | Sofia | Bulgarian Empire | Bulgaria | Siege of Sofia | - | |
| 1388 | Ruse | Bulgarian Empire | Bulgaria | - | ||
| 1389 | Varna | Bulgarian Empire | Bulgaria | - | ||
| 1393 | Veliko Tarnovo | Bulgarian Empire | Bulgaria | Siege of Tarnovo | - | |
| 1395 | Nikopol | Bulgarian Empire | Bulgaria | - | ||
| 1395 | Ohrid | Gropa Lordship | North Macedonia | - | ||
| 1395 | Krujë | Princedom of Albania | Albania | - | ||
| 1396 | Sati | Zaharia Lordship of Sati | Albania | Vassal | - | |
| 1396 | Silistra | Bulgarian Empire | Bulgaria | - | ||
| 1396 | Vidin | Bulgarian Empire | Bulgaria | - | ||
| 1417 | Vlorë | Principality of Valona | Albania | - | ||
| 1419 | Constanța | Bulgarian Empire | Romania | - | ||
| 1426 | Smyrna | Aydinids | Turkey | - | ||
| 1430 | Thessaloniki | Republic of Venice | Greece | Siege of Thessalonica | - | |
| 1431 | Ioannina | Despotate of Epirus | Greece | - | ||
| 1450 | Berat | Lordship of Berat/ League of Lezhë | Albania | - | ||
| 1453 | Constantinople | Byzantine Empire | Turkey | Fall of Constantinople | - | |
| 1458 | Athens | Duchy of Athens | Greece | - | ||
| 1459 | Pristina | Serbian Despotate | Kosovo | - | ||
| 1460 | Bitola | Bulgarian Empire | North Macedonia | - | ||
| 1460 | Skopje | Bulgarian Empire | North Macedonia | - | ||
| 1461 | Trebizond | Empire of Trebizond | Turkey | Siege of Trebizond | - | |
| 1461 | Sarajevo Founded by Ottomans | Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | - | ||
| 1461 | Jajce | Bosnian Kingdom | Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | ||
| 1466 | Iconium | Karamanids | Turkey | - | ||
| 1468 | Mostar | Bosnian Kingdom | Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | ||
| 1470 | Chalcis | Greece | - | |||
| 1474 | Podgorica | Montenegro | - | |||
| 1475 | Bakhchisaray | Crimean Khanate | Ukraine | Vassal | - | |
| 1475 | Feodosiya | Republic of Genoa | Ukraine | - | ||
| 1475 | Sudak | Republic of Genoa | Ukraine | - | ||
| 1475 | Azov | Russia | ||||
| 1478 | Lezhë | Republic of Venice | Albania | Siege of Shkodra | - | |
| 1479 | Shkodër | Republic of Venice | Albania | Siege of Shkodra | - | |
| 1480 | Otranto | Principality of Taranto | Italy | Invasion of Otranto | Brief acquisition | - |
| 1484 | Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi | Ukraine | - | |||
| 1514 | Arz-i Rûm | Turkey | - | |||
| 1514 | Tabriz | Iran | - | |||
| 1514 | Ardabil | Iran | - | |||
| 1515 | Van | Turkey | - | |||
| 1515 | Kara Amid | Turkey | - | |||
| 1515 | Urmiah | Iran | - | |||
| 1516 | Antiochia | Turkey | - | |||
| 1516 | Aleppo | Syria | - | |||
| 1516 | Damascus | Syria | - | |||
| 1516 | Beirut | Lebanon | - | |||
| 1516 | Amman | Jordan | - | |||
| 1516 | Jerusalem | Palestine | - | |||
| 1516 | Jaffa | Palestine | - | |||
| 1517 | Cairo | Mamluk Sultanate | Egypt | - | ||
| 1517 | Damietta | Mamluk Sultanate | Egypt | - | ||
| 1517 | Mecca | Saudi Arabia | - | |||
| 1517 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | - | |||
| 1521 | Belgrade | Kingdom of Hungary | Serbia | - | ||
| 1522 | Rhodes | Knights Hospitaller | Greece | Siege of Rhodes | - | |
| 1526 | Tvrđa | Croatia | - | |||
| 1529 | Algiers | Algeria | Capture of Algiers | - | ||
| 1529 | Odessa | Ukraine | - | |||
| 1531 | Diu | India | Siege of Diu | Brief acquisition | - | |
| 1534 | Tunis | Tunisia | Conquest of Tunis | - | ||
| 1534 | Baghdad | Safavid Empire | Iraq | Capture of Baghdad | - | |
| 1537 | Klis | Croatia | Siege of Klis | - | ||
| 1538 | Basra | Iraq | - | |||
| 1538 | Aden | Yemen | Capture of Aden | - | ||
| 1538 | San'a | Yemen | - | |||
| 1538 | Bender | Moldova | - | |||
| 1538 | Chişinău | Moldova | - | |||
| 1539 | Herceg Novi | Montenegro | Siege of Castelnuovo | - | ||
| 1541 | Buda | Hungary | Siege of Buda | - | ||
| 1543 | Esztergom | Hungary | Siege of Esztergom | - | ||
| 1547 | Van | Turkey | Siege of Van | - | ||
| 1551 | Gozo | Malta | Invasion of Gozo | Brief acquisition | - | |
| 1551 | Tripoli | Libya | Siege of Tripoli | - | ||
| 1552 | Muscat | Oman | - | |||
| 1552 | Touggourt | Algeria | Marching overland to Sahara | - | ||
| 1552 | Timișoara | Romania | - | |||
| 1555 | Béjaïa | Algeria | Capture of Bougie | - | ||
| 1557 | Massawa | Eritrea | - | |||
| 1566 | Szigetvár | Hungary | Siege of Szigetvár | - | ||
| 1567 | Zabid | Yemen | - | |||
| 1571 | Ulcinj | Republic of Venice | Montenegro | - | ||
| 1571 | Nicosia | Cyprus | - | |||
| 1578 | Akhaltsikhe | Georgia | - | |||
| 1578 | Erivan | Armenia | - | |||
| 1578 | Benghazi | Libya | - | |||
| 1578 | Tbilisi | Georgia | - | |||
| 1578 | Ganja | Azerbaijan | - | |||
| 1578 | Baku | Azerbaijan | - | |||
| 1584 | Lori | Armenia | - | |||
| 1587 | Hamadan | Iran | - | |||
| 1590 | Derbent | Russia | - | |||
| 1594 | Győr | Hungary | - | |||
| 1596 | Eger | Holy Roman Empire | Hungary | - | ||
| 1600 | Nagykanizsa | Hungary | Siege of Kanije | - | ||
| 1645 | Chania | Greece | - | |||
| 1660 | Oradea | Romania | - | |||
| 1663 | Nové Zámky | Slovakia | - | |||
| 1669 | Heraklion | Greece | Siege of Candia | - | ||
| 1672 | Kamianets-Podilskyi | Ukraine | - | |||
| 1678 | Chyhyryn | Ukraine | - | |||
| 1683 | Perchtoldsdorf | Austria | Battle of Vienna | Brief acquisition | - | |
| 1713 | Khotyn | Ukraine | Conquest | - | ||
| 1852 | Doha | Qatar | Vassal | - | ||
| 1869 | Manama | Bahrain | Vassal | - |