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Fall of Gallipoli

Fall of Gallipoli was a battle fought in February 1354 at Gelibolu, in what is now Turkey. It was part of the Byzantine–Ottoman wars, which ran from 1265 to 1479. The recorded result: Ottoman victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against 10,000–20,000; exmercenaries.

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Map of the Byzantine, Ottoman and Serbian empires and their neighboring states, 1355.
Map of the Byzantine, Ottoman and Serbian empires and their neighboring states, 1355.. William Robert Shepherd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtFebruary 1354
WhereGelibolu, Turkey40.413N, 26.671E
OutcomeOttoman victory
BelligerentsByzantine EmpireagainstOttoman Beylik
Part ofByzantine–Ottoman wars1265 to 1479

Where it sits in the Byzantine–Ottoman wars

Siege of Laodicea, 1119Battle of Mount Armenia, 1282Siege of Kulaca Hisar, 1285Battle of Domaniç, 1287Siege of Karacahisar, 1288Siege of İnegöl, 1299Battle of Bapheus, 1302Siege of Bursa, 1317Siege of Mudanya, 1321Siege of Nicaea, 1328Battle of Pelekanon, 1329Siege of Nicomedia, 1333Fall of Gallipoli, 1354Reconquest of Gallipoli, 1366Fall of Philadelphia, 1378Siege of Thessalonica, 1383Fall of Constantinople, 1453Siege of Trebizond in 1461, 146011191460Fall of Gallipoli, 1354
18 placed engagements of the Byzantine–Ottoman wars in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

DateFebruary 1354 (month precision)
PlaceGelibolu, Turkey
40.413N, 26.671E
KindBattle, medieval
StrengthUnknown10,000–20,000; exmercenaries
Commanders
  • Süleyman Pasha (son of Orhan)
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Fall of Gallipoli
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 25 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Fall of Gallipoli today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2023-08-05. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023.

The recorded site stands at about 29 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 0 to 209 m, 209 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 48% water, 27% cropland, 12% built-up.

water: 48%cropland: 27%built-up: 12%grassland: 9%tree cover: 3%water 48%cropland 27%built-up 12%grassland 9%tree cover 3%
west to east, 10.0 km0 to 128 mnorth to south, 10.0 km0 to 47 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between 1305 and 1366.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1354

Fall of Gallipoli is one of 566 engagements of the 14th century in the atlas and one of 622 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q916266, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Capture of Gallipoli (1354), revision 1373002146, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.