List of battles involving the Ottoman Empire

List of the main battles in the history of the Ottoman Empire are shown below. The life span of the empire was more than six centuries, and the maximum territorial extent, at the zenith of its power in the second half of the 16th century, stretched from central Europe to the Persian Gulf and from the Caspian Sea to North Africa. The number of battles the empire fought is quite high. But here only the more important battles are listed. Among these, the battles fought in the 20th century (Turco-Italian War, Balkan Wars, and World War I ) as well as the sieges (like the sieges of Constantinople, Cairo, Belgrade, Bagdad, etc.) which most lists include as battles are not shown except in cases where the siege is followed by a battle (i.e. Vienna, Khotyn, Plevna).^[1]^[2]

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List of battles involving the Ottoman Empire

List of battles

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Year	Battle	Opponents
1302	Bapheus	Byzantine Empire
1303	Dimbos	Byzantine Empire
1326	Bursa	Byzantine Empire
1329	Pelekanon	Byzantine Empire
1331	Nikaia	Byzantine Empire
1337	Nikomedia	Byzantine Empire
1352	Demotika	Byzantine Empire, Serbian Empire
1354	Gallipoli	Byzantine Empire
1355	Ihtiman	Bulgarian Empire
1362	Adrianople	Byzantine Empire
1364	Sırpsındığı	Serbian Empire, Bulgarian Empire, Kingdom of Hungary
1366	Gallipoli	County of Savoy
1371	Samokov	Bulgarian Empire
1371	Maritsa	Serbian Empire
1372	Sofia Valley	Bulgarian Empire
1381	Dubravnica	Moravian Serbia
1385	Sofia	Bulgarian Empire
1385	Savra	Principality of Zeta
1387	Thessalonika	Byzantine Empire
1387	Frenkyazısı	Karaman
1387	Pločnik	Moravian Serbia
1388	Bileca	Kingdom of Bosnia
1389	Kosovo	Moravian Serbia, District of Branković, Kingdom of Bosnia
1390	Philadelphia	Byzantine Empire
1391	Kırkdilim	Kadi Burhan al-Din
1393	Tarnovo	Bulgarian Empire
1394	Karanovasa	Principality of Wallachia
1395	Rovine	Principality of Wallachia
1395	Ohrid	Principality of Albania
1396	Nikopolis	Kingdom of Hungary, Duchy of Burgundy, Kingdom of France, Principality of Wallachia
1398	Akçay	Karaman
1402	Constantinople	Byzantine Empire
1402	Ankara	Timurid Empire, Aq Qoyunlu, Germiyan
1402	Ankara	Timurid Empire, Aq Qoyunlu, Germiyan
1402	Tripolje	Serbian Despotate
1403	Ulubad	Civil war between Mehmed Çelebi and İsa Çelebi
1410	Kosmidion	Civil war between Süleyman Çelebi and Musa Çelebi
1410	Edirne	Civil war between Süleyman Çelebi and Musa Çelebi
1411	Constantinople	Byzantine Empire
1412	İnceğiz	Civil war between Mehmed Çelebi and Musa Çelebi