Istanbul
City
Capital of the Ottoman Empire for nearly five centuries; called Constantinople and the largest city of Turkey.
Names
- until March 28, 1930 Constantinople
Held by
- 1789 – December 31, 1896 Ottoman Empire
- 1898 – October 31, 1922 Ottoman Empire
- since October 29, 1923 Turkey
Capital of
- 1453 – 1922 Ottoman Empire
Events here 31
- March 21, 1779 Treaty of Aynalıkavak
- April 2, 1800 Treaty of Constantinople (1800)
- May 29, 1807 – July 28, 1808 Ottoman coups of 1807–1808
- July 1812 – 1819 1812–1819 Ottoman plague epidemic
- April 22, 1821 – July 1821 Constantinople massacre of 1821
- 1832 Treaty of Constantinople (1832)
- July 8, 1833 Treaty of Hünkâr İskelesi
- December 23, 1876 – January 20, 1877 Constantinople Conference
- March 3, 1878 Treaty of San Stefano
- February 8, 1879 Peace of Constantinople (1879)
- April 5, 1886 Tophane Agreement
- 1888 Convention of Constantinople
- August 26, 1896 Occupation of the Ottoman Bank
- December 4, 1897 Treaty of Constantinople (1897)
- July 21, 1905 Attempted assassination of Abdul Hamid II
- July 17, 1912 1912 Ottoman coup d'état
- September 29, 1913 Treaty of Constantinople (1913)
- November 13, 1918 – October 4, 1923 Occupation of Constantinople
- September 6–7, 1955 Istanbul pogrom
- 1999 1999 Istanbul summit
- June 28–29, 2004 2004 Istanbul summit
- January 19, 2007 Assassination of Hrant Dink
- May 11, 2011 Istanbul Convention
- January 12, 2016 January 2016 Istanbul bombing
- March 19, 2016 March 2016 Istanbul bombing
- June 7, 2016 June 2016 Istanbul bombing
- December 10, 2016 2016 Beşiktaş bombings
- October 2, 2018 Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
- July 22, 2022 Black Sea Grain Initiative
- November 13, 2022 2022 Istanbul bombing
- March 19, 2025 2025–2026 Turkish protests