Siege of Amasra

The siege of Amasra was the land and sea besiegement that resulted in the Ottoman Army, under the command of Fatih Sultan Mehmed, and the Ottoman Navy, under the command of Grand Vizier Veli Mahmud Pasha, capturing the Genoese colony of Amasra, and annexing it into Ottoman lands in 1460.

Siege of Amasra

Amasra Fortress
Date16–17 October 1460
Location
Result Ottoman victory
Territorial
changes
Annexation of Amasra by the Ottoman Empire
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire  Republic of Genoa
Commanders and leaders
Mehmed II
Mahmud Pasha
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Strength
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