What the records say
- When
- 23 Sep 1460 – 24 Aug 1461
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 41.01° N, 39.73° E
- Description
- Ottoman siege of Trebizond in 1461
Siege of Trebizond (1461)
Ottoman siege and conquest of Trebizond
The siege of Trebizond was the successful siege of the city of Trebizond, capital of the Empire of Trebizond, by the Ottomans under Sultan Mehmed II, which ended on 15 August 1461. The siege culminated a lengthy campaign on the Ottoman side, which involved coordinated but independent manoeuvres by a large army and navy.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Fatih Sultan Mehmed, Trabzon'u fethetti (Trabzon İmparatorluğu'nun sonu)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page