What the records say
- When
- 25 Oct 1460 – 26 Oct 1460
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 41.75° N, 32.39° E
- Description
- 1460 capture of the Genoese colony of Amasra
Siege of Amasra
1460 capture of the Genoese colony of Amasra by the Ottoman Empire
The siege of Amasra was the land and sea besiegement that resulted in the Ottoman Army, under the command of Fatih Sultan Mehmed, and the Ottoman Navy, under the command of Grand Vizier Veli Mahmud Pasha, capturing the Genoese colony of Amasra, and annexing it into Ottoman lands in 1460.
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