Regional1570 – 1573 · 3 years

Ottoman Conquest of Cyprus

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
Keywords: wars, military history, conflicts, empires, historical atlas, casualties

Cyprus · Mediterranean

Estimated casualties

100Ksingle estimate · no range published

Ottoman forces conquered Cyprus from Venice despite Christian naval victory at Lepanto, establishing Ottoman control of the eastern Mediterranean. Cyprus remained Ottoman for over 300 years.

Belligerents2

Ottoman Empire
Venice

ON THE MAPOttoman EmpireVenetian Republic

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Ottoman Conquest of Cyprus (1570 – 1573). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/ottoman-conquest-cyprus · Sources & methodology