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All Modern-Day Countries Ever Controlled by the Ottoman Empire

With the help of a map, can you guess all modern day countries that were at one point under Ottoman rule and/or suzerainity?
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Includes protectorates and vassal states (e.g. the Sultanate of Aceh, Khanate of Yettishar, etc.)
Excluding raids (e.g. the Turkish Abductions)
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Last updated: October 3, 2021
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Countries
Albania
Algeria
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Central African Republic
Chad
China
Countries
Croatia
Cyprus
D. R. Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Georgia
Greece
Hungary
Indonesia
Countries
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Italy
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Countries
Libya
Malaysia
Malta
Moldova
Montenegro
Morocco
Niger
North Macedonia
Oman
Palestine
Poland
Countries
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Countries
Syria
Tanzania
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Yemen
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Level 51
Mar 5, 2021
Whaa...
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Level 55
Mar 5, 2021
How did they get Xinjiang? They couldn't have possibly beat China in a war!
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Level 55
Mar 5, 2021
The Yettishar Khanate existed there during the Dungan Revolt. By 1873, they were officially recognized by the Ottoman Empire as a vassal state.
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Level 51
Mar 5, 2021
Malaysia?
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Level 55
Mar 5, 2021
The Sultanate of Aceh had a quite of a bit territory over in the Malay Peninsula and was a protectorate of the Ottoman Empire until the late 19th century.
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Level 60
Mar 5, 2021
Belarus? Tanzania?

I know how Italy was on here.

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Level 55
Mar 5, 2021
Cossack Hetmanate and the Mombasa Expeditions.
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Level 84
Mar 5, 2021
Amazing! Nominated.
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Level 55
Mar 5, 2021
Thanks!
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Level 75
Mar 5, 2021
Didn't know about Ottomans having coastal colonies on Kenya and Tanzania. Were they trade posts?
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Level 75
Mar 6, 2021
Also, the UK?
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Level 55
Mar 6, 2021
Kenya and Tanzania are here because of some Swahili sultanates that were briefly tributaries/vassals of the Ottomans. Akrotiri and Dhekelia for the UK.
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Level 75
Mar 6, 2021
Ah, right, forgot bout the British bases in Cyprus
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Level 77
Sep 6, 2021
What about Ceuta and Melilla? If they held those, then Spain should also be on the list.
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Level 55
Sep 6, 2021
Nope. Ceuta was under Portuguese rule and Melilla was already under Spanish rule in the short time that the Ottomans vassalised Morocco between 1576 and 1578.
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Level 68
Oct 19, 2021
When did the ottomans control sudan and the horn of africa?
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Level 55
Oct 19, 2021
A lot of those territories were conquered by the Khedivate of Egypt, an Ottoman vassal. There were also the Emirate of Harar and Imamate of Aussa, which were also vassals under the Ottoman Empire for a while.
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Level 37
Aug 28, 2022
Where is Iceland?

and also isn't Poland-Lithuania be a vassal for a short time

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Level 55
Aug 28, 2022
Iceland was only raided by muslim pirates and not occupied by the Ottomans themselves. Poland-Lithuania once being a vassal to the Ottomans is a common misconception, mainly due to the Báthory vassal prince of Transylvania being on throne. Despite this, he remained quite anti-Ottoman and no intention of submitting to the Turks.
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Level 39
Sep 24, 2022
I think Ottomans get Fiji, Tuvalu and Tonga

And I have read that, they had Comoros,Seychelles and Sao Tome and Principe for a short time

THERE IS NO WAY THAT OTTOMANS HAD REACH MALAYSIA OR SUMATRA

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Level 55
Sep 29, 2022
None of these listed were under Ottoman control. It should be noted that it's often very exaggerated as to how much they've actually controlled (e.g. listing the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as a vassal as its ruler was also the vassal prince of Transylvania).

Albeit not directly controlled. The Aceh Sultanate was a protectorate of the Ottomans (at least in name) until the 19th century, when the Dutch started to invade the region.

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Level 32
Sep 29, 2022
It never got that much Croatia's land
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Level 55
Sep 29, 2022
They did, although it was part of Hungary when it submitted to the Ottomans. Either way, it wasn't held for long as the region of Dalmatia was later mostly absorbed by the Habsburgs and Venice.
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Level 33
Jul 24, 2023
i got kyrgystan with 11 seconds left because i couldn't remember which one of the -stan countries bordered china there, i was CONVINCED it was kazakhstan