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04-09-2018, 08:00 PM
Mehmet I Çelebi, captured by Timur in 1402 at Ankara battle and given Amasya (north central Anatolia), won the Ottoman civil war by eliminating his brothers including the Byzantine-lover Suleyman who had escaped with Serbs from Timur but later killed near Edirne by Turcoman colonists. The realm of Osmans was united under Mehmet I around 1411 and the expansion started again.
Turks already reached Albania in 1385 but it was mostly on border areas.
Mehmet I era was when Turks first reach and control Albania, until the shores of the Adriatic Sea permanently.
An Historical Geography of the Ottoman Empire
By Donald Edgar Pitcher
page 69
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Albania was conquered by Akinji leader Turakhan Bey, who also raided southern Greek Pelopponesus peninsula. He was also semi-autonomous marcher-lord (uç beyi) of Thessaly.
Turks ultimately left Albania in 1912. So that lasted around 500, it's however worth noting that Albanian local chieftains were active in the local administration during most of that time period.
Turks already reached Albania in 1385 but it was mostly on border areas.
Mehmet I era was when Turks first reach and control Albania, until the shores of the Adriatic Sea permanently.
An Historical Geography of the Ottoman Empire
By Donald Edgar Pitcher
page 69
https://i.hizliresim.com/vjBZgz.jpg
Albania was conquered by Akinji leader Turakhan Bey, who also raided southern Greek Pelopponesus peninsula. He was also semi-autonomous marcher-lord (uç beyi) of Thessaly.
Turks ultimately left Albania in 1912. So that lasted around 500, it's however worth noting that Albanian local chieftains were active in the local administration during most of that time period.