Ottoman conquest of Cyprus

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Ottoman–Venetian War event military campaign

The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus was the 1570–1571 military campaign in which the Ottoman Empire seized the island from Venetian control, ending Latin rule and establishing centuries of Ottoman dominance in the eastern Mediterranean.

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Label Occurrences
Ottoman conquest of Cyprus canonical 2
Conquest of Cyprus (1570–1571) 1
Cyprus campaign (1570–1571) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman–Venetian War event ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
belligerent Knights of St John NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Republic of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
local Cypriot defenders ⓘ
cause Ottoman expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Venetian–Ottoman rivalry over maritime dominance ⓘ
strategic importance of Cyprus for trade routes ⓘ
commander Lala Mustafa Pasha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marcantonio Bragadin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nicosia’s Venetian governors NERFINISHED ⓘ
Piyale Pasha NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) NERFINISHED ⓘ
effect decline of Venetian influence in the Levant ⓘ
establishment of Ottoman administration in Cyprus ⓘ
long-term Ottoman dominance in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
endDate 1571 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Lepanto NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCasualties heavy casualties on both Ottoman and Venetian sides ⓘ
hasPart Ottoman invasion of Cyprus (1570) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siege of Famagusta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siege of Nicosia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryTactic amphibious invasion ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ
notableFortress Famagusta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nicosia NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent Venetian forces in Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy period of Venetian rule in Cyprus ⓘ
primaryTheaterOfWar Cypriot mainland and coastal fortresses ⓘ
relatedTo History of Cyprus under Ottoman rule ⓘ
Holy League (1571) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Venetian maritime empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousAspect shift from Latin Christian to Ottoman Muslim rule ⓘ
result Ottoman victory ⓘ
beginning of Ottoman rule in Cyprus ⓘ
end of Latin rule on Cyprus ⓘ
end of Venetian rule in Cyprus ⓘ
significantEvent execution of Marcantonio Bragadin ⓘ
fall of Famagusta in 1571 ⓘ
fall of Nicosia in 1570 ⓘ
startDate 1570 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of sea routes between Anatolia, the Levant, and Egypt ⓘ
territorialChange Cyprus ceded from Venice to the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
timePeriod 16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lusignan dynasty → declineCause → Ottoman conquest of Cyprus ⓘ
Ottoman territorial expansion → hasKeyEvent → Ottoman conquest of Cyprus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Conquest of Cyprus (1570–1571)
Kingdom of Cyprus → successor → Ottoman conquest of Cyprus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Cyprus
Holy League → hasCasusBelli → Ottoman conquest of Cyprus ⓘ
subject surface form: Holy League (1571)
Holy League → relatedEvent → Ottoman conquest of Cyprus ⓘ
subject surface form: Holy League (1571)
this entity surface form: Cyprus campaign (1570–1571)
British colonial administration in Cyprus → precededBy → Ottoman conquest of Cyprus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman administration in Cyprus