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Ottoman Empire

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1299 – 1922 · up to 4,255 thousand km² · Middle East, Europe

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Capital: Söğüt (1299–1329), Bursa (1329–1365), Edirne (1365–1453), Constantinople (1453–1922), Didymoteicho (1361–1363), Istanbul

The Ottoman Empire, also known historically as Turkey or the Turkish Empire, was a state that spanned much of Southeastern Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th century to the early 20th century, centred in modern-day Turkey. It also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Predecessors: Eastern Roman Empire, Empire of Trebizond, Abbasid Caliphate, Beylik of Osman

Successors: Government of the Grand National Assembly, occupation of Smyrna, Principality of Serbia

Rulers

Ottoman Empire
Osman I 1299 – 1324, Orhan 1324 – 1362, Murad I 1362 – 1389, Bayezid I the Thunderbolt 1389 – 1402, Interregnum 1402 – 1413, Mehmed I Çelebi 1413 – 1421, Murad II 1421 – 1451, Mehmed II 1451 – 1481, Bayezid II 1481 – 1512, Selim I the Grim 1512 – 1520, Suleiman the Magnificent 1520 – 1566, Selim II 1566 – 1574, Murad III 1574 – 1595, Mehmed III 1595 – 1603, Ahmed I 1603 – 1617, Mustafa I 1617 – 1618, Osman II 1618 – 1622, Mustafa I 1622 – 1623, Murad IV 1623 – 1640, Ibrahim the Mad 1640 – 1648, Mehmed IV the Hunter 1648 – 1687, Suleiman II 1687 – 1691, Ahmed II 1691 – 1695, Mustafa II 1695 – 1703, Ahmed III 1703 – 1730, Mahmud I 1730 – 1754, Osman III 1754 – 1757, Mustafa III 1757 – 1774, Abdul Hamid I 1774 – 1789, Selim III 1789 – 1807, Mustafa IV 1807 – 1808, Mahmud II 1808 – 1839, Abdulmejid I 1839 – 1861, Abdulaziz 1861 – 1876, Abdul Hamid II 1876 – 1909, Mehmed V Reşad 1909 – 1918, Mehmed VI 1918 – 1922, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 1923 – 1938

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