The Ottoman War of Cyprus: Every Week 

Day 10 of asking for a video on Sarawak (what am I even doing anymore?).

The first half of the 17th century was a period of significant instability in the Ottoman Empire so they simply couldn't

Internal rebellions, wars with Safavid Persia, wars in continental Europe (especially Long War of 1595-1611)... these all took a toll on Ottomans. These are why Ottomans halted their naval operations. Not to mention Battle of Lepanto (1571)

Admittedly, I don't necessarily know a ton about this war. However, I do know that the Ottomans suffered a pretty major naval defeat at Lepanto about halfway through the war. After that, it would have probably been harder for the Ottomans to take any other Venetian islands and hold them.

They did think about it. As the other comment said, that's when the spaniards decided to show up and turn their fleet into a dumpster fire, most notably in Lepanto. After that the Spaniards couldn't take Cyprus because the Ottomans had a way bigger land army, but the Ottomans couldn't take any more land because the Spaniards had a way bigger fleet. So the conflict just ended with Spanish peacing out under the condition that the Ottomans leave the rest of Venice alone.

They also tried to take Corfu and Cephalonia I think, but they lost due to Venetian garrisons and low naval supplies

pff, and playing Otto is easymode too!

Cyprus should just be part of Greece. It makes no sense for it being independent.

@@ZOMBIEo07 Cyprus was settled and had civilization before Greece and before most countries in the world

@@ZOMBIEo07islands tend to know their affairs better than distant mainland capitals. That’s why so many island nations like Cuba and Ireland have fought for and won independence.

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@@stefanoceccaroli8635 thx for the recommendation

You could just Say it was in your Chanel haha i had to write the whole tittle xd, by the way i see You are from cyprus, are you greek or turkish?

@@BrayanPatiño-u5m You're right, was worried RU-vid would block the comment 😅. Turkish, though we also have supporters from the Greek community. Hope you enjoyed the lecture 🙂

@@ceziredernegi wow, is it hard to cross to the greek part of cyprus? Or everyone there in the island is free to move?

@user-dh7ex4gu9q as a native Cypriot Turk, I can freely cross to the South via the border crossing. Whilst Anatolian Turks are not allowed, even if they were born and raised in Northern Cyprus.

Why wasn't that shown

yet got destroyed by ottomans, also they massacred people

​@@adnan_honest_jihadist5775destroyed by the french*

That’s what happens when you’re protected by being a Byzantine vassal for 400 years before you’re strong enough to turn on them and take their most lucrative holdings

I found the turk!

@@adnan_honest_jihadist5775 So did the ottomans but they did it way more

Yeah, considering Venice had a blue flag while the Ottomans had 2 separate flags. One green other red.

EmperorTigerstar usually has the victor as blue and the loser as red

​@@ChesnokOrNotit's usually Red= aggressor Blue= defender Idk if that's true here

@@MuhammadThakur-si9ot he clarifies that in a video about map colors

Likely by the fall of this year.

There was no border as they were one country

​@@tomislav.klisaninYou're right, Croatia and Slavonia unified in 1558.

Once the last fortress fell there the island effectively fell into Ottoman hands.

Not exactly correct, while the Ottomans could rebuild their fleet it was a symbol that their dominance over the Mediterranean was over.

🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷.

Me looking around 64% of the island thinking “Where Turk?”

Nah

china has more of a claim to cyprus than turkey

​@@mappingshaman5280 Still more than English claim in ireland

@@U87-z2w well no because 0 is equal to 0 not more than.