Battles in Turkey
289 battles and sieges whose recorded location lies within the modern borders of Turkey (Asia), ordered by date.
Ancient · Medieval · Early modern · 19th century · World War I era · Interwar · Post-1945 · Date not recorded
Ancient (before 500) · 82
- Siege of Harran 609 BCTurkey · Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire
- Battle of Carchemish 605 BCTurkey · Ancient Egypt
- Battle of Pteria 547 BCTurkey · Cyrus the Great
- Battle of Thymbra 547 BCTurkey · Cyrus the Great
- Siege of Sardis (547 BC) 547 BCTurkey
- Siege of Sardis (498 BC) 498 BCTurkey
- Battle of Mycale 479 BCTurkey · Second Persian invasion of Greece
- Battle of Cynossema 411 BCTurkey · Peloponnesian War
- Battle of Cyzicus 410 BCTurkey · Peloponnesian War
- Battle of Arginusae 406 BCTurkey · Decelean War
- Battle of Notium 406 BCTurkey · Peloponnesian War
- Battle of Aegospotami 405 BCTurkey · Decelean War
- Battle of Sardis (395 BC) 395 BCTurkey · Spartan–Persian War
- Battle of Cnidus 394 BCTurkey · Spartan–Persian War
- Battle of the Granicus 334 BCTurkey · Wars of Alexander the Great
- Siege of Halicarnassus 334 BCTurkey · Wars of Alexander the Great
- Siege of Miletus 334 BCTurkey · Wars of Alexander the Great
- Battle of Issus 333 BCTurkey · Wars of Alexander the Great
- Battle of the Hellespont (321 BC) 321 BCTurkey · First War of the Diadochi
- Battle of Cretopolis 319 BCTurkey · Wars of the Diadochi
- Battle of Byzantium 317 BCTurkey · Second War of the Diadochi
- Battle of Ipsus 301 BCTurkey · Fourth War of the Diadochi
- Battle of Corupedium 281 BCTurkey · Wars of the Diadochi
- Battle of Lade (201 BC) 201 BCTurkey · Cretan War of 205-200 BCE
- Battle of Corycus 191 BCTurkey · Roman–Seleucid War
- Battle of Magnesia 190 BCTurkey · Roman–Seleucid War
- Battle of Myonessus 190 BCTurkey · Roman–Seleucid War
- Battle of the Eurymedon (190 BC) 190 BCTurkey · Roman–Seleucid War
- Battle of Mount Olympus 189 BCTurkey · Galatian War
- Battle of the Oenoparus 145 BCTurkey · Seleucid Civil War of 147–137 BCE
- Battle of Protopachium 89 BCTurkey · First Mithridatic War
- Battle of the River Amnias 89 BCTurkey · First Mithridatic War
- Battle of Mount Scorobas 88 BCTurkey · First Mithridatic War
- Battle of Tenedos (86 BC) 86 BCTurkey · First Mithridatic War
- Battle of Halys 82 BCTurkey · Second Mithridatic War
- Battle of Chalcedon (74 BC) 74 BCTurkey · Third Mithridatic War
- Battle of Lemnos (73 BCE) 73 BCTurkey · Third Mithridatic War
- Battle of the Rhyndacus (73 BC) 73 BCTurkey · Third Mithridatic War
- Siege of Cyzicus 73 BCTurkey · Third Mithridatic War
- Battle of Cabira 72 BCTurkey · Third Mithridatic War
- Siege of Heraclea 72 BCTurkey
- Battle of Tigranocerta 69 BCTurkey · Third Mithridatic War
- Battle of Korakesion 67 BCTurkey · Pompey's campaign against pirates
- Battle of Zela (67 BC) 67 BCTurkey · Third Mithridatic War
- Battle of the Lycus 66 BCTurkey · Third Mithridatic War
- Battle of Carrhae 53 BCTurkey · Crassus' Parthian campaign
- Siege of Antioch (51 BC) 51 BCTurkey · Roman–Parthian Wars
- Battle of Nicopolis (48 BC) 48 BCTurkey · Pontic War
- Battle of Zela (47 BC) 47 BCTurkey · Caesar's Civil War
- Battle of Amanus Pass 39 BCTurkey · Pompeian–Parthian Invasion of 40 BCE
- Battle of the Cilician Gates 39 BCTurkey · Pompeian–Parthian Invasion of 40 BCE
- Battle of Rhandeia AD 62Turkey · Roman–Parthian Wars
- Siege of Edessa (163) 163Turkey · Roman–Parthian War of 161–166
- Siege of Edessa (165) 165Turkey · Roman–Parthian War of 161–166
- Battle of Cyzicus (193) 193Turkey
- Battle of Nicaea 193Turkey
- Battle of Issus (194) 194Turkey · Year of the Five Emperors
- Battle of Nisibis (217) 217Turkey · Parthian War of Caracalla
- Battle of Antioch (218) 218Turkey
- Siege of Nisibis (237) 235Turkey · First Mesopotamian campaign of Ardashir I
- Battle of Resaena 243Turkey · Sasanian campaign of Gordian III
- Siege of Nisibis (252) 252Turkey · Shapur I's Syrio-Mesopotamian campaign
- Siege of Antioch (253) 253Turkey · Shapur I's Syrio-Mesopotamian campaign
- Battle of Edessa 260Turkey · Shapur I's Syrio-Mesopotamian campaign
- Siege of Antioch (260) 260Turkey · Shapur I's Syrio-Mesopotamian campaign
- Siege of Caesarea in Cappadocia (260) 260Turkey · Shapur I's Syrio-Mesopotamian campaign
- Battle of Immae 272Turkey · Palmyrene War
- Battle of Tzirallum 313Turkey · Civil Wars of the Tetrarchy
- Battle of Adrianople (324) 324Turkey · Civil Wars of the Tetrarchy
- Battle of Chrysopolis 324Turkey
- Battle of the Hellespont 324Turkey
- Siege of Byzantium (324) 324Turkey
- Siege of Nisibis (338) 337Turkey · Sapor II's Syrian-Mesopotamian campaigns
- Siege of Amida (359) 359Turkey · Perso-Roman wars of 337–361
- Constantius II's siege of Bezabde 360Turkey · Perso-Roman wars of 337–361
- Shapur II's siege of Bezabde 360Turkey · Sapor II's Syrian-Mesopotamian campaigns
- Battle of Thyatira 366Turkey · Procopius
- Battle of Bagavan 371Turkey · Roman–Sasanian wars
- Battle of Adrianople 378Turkey · Gothic War of 376–382
- Battle of Constantinople (378) 378Turkey · Gothic War of 376–382
- Siege of Adrianople (378) 378Turkey · Gothic War of 376–382
- Battle of Cotyaeum 492Turkey · Isaurian War
Medieval (500–1499) · 126
- Siege of Amida (502–503) 502Turkey · Anastasian War
- Siege of Theodosiopolis 502Turkey · Anastasian War
- Battle of Dara 530Turkey · Iberian War
- Battle of Satala (530) 530Turkey · Iberian War
- Siege of Martyropolis (531) 531Turkey
- Battle of Nisibis (541) 541Turkey · Belisarius' invasion of Mesopotamia
- Siege of Edessa (544) 544Turkey · Lazic War
- Siege of Dara (573) 573Turkey · Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591
- Siege of Nisibis (573) 573Turkey · Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591
- Battle of Martyropolis (588) 588Turkey · Byzantine–Sassanid War of 572–591
- Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 610Turkey · Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
- Siege of Constantinople (626) 626Turkey · Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628
- Siege of Laodicea (636) 636Turkey
- Battle of the Iron Bridge 637Turkey · Muslim conquest of the Levant
- Siege of Germanicia 638Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Battle of the Masts 655Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Siege of Constantinople (674–678) 674Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Battle of Vardanakert 702Turkey
- Siege of Tyana 707Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Siege of Constantinople (717–718) 717Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Siege of Nicaea (727) 727Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Battle of Akroinon 740Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Siege of Kamacha 766Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Battle of Kopidnadon 788Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Battle of Versinikia 813Turkey · Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
- Siege of Adrianople (813) 813Turkey · Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
- Siege of Constantinople (813) 813Turkey
- Battle of Anzen 838Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Sack of Amorium 838Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Siege of Samosata (859) 859Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Siege of Constantinople (860) 860Turkey · Rus'–Byzantine wars
- Capture of Faruriyyah 862Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Battle of Bathys Ryax 872Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Battle of Kardia 872Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Battle of Boulgarophygon 896Turkey · Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
- Siege of Queli 914Turkey · Sajid invasion of Georgia
- Battle of Katasyrtai 917Turkey · Byzantine–Bulgarian War of 913–927
- Battle of Pegae 921Turkey · Byzantine–Bulgarian War of 913–927
- Battle of Marash (953) 953Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Siege of Hadath 955Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Battle of Raban 958Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Siege of Antioch (968–969) 968Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Battle of Arcadiopolis (970) 970Turkey · Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria
- Battle of Alexandretta 971Turkey · Arab–Byzantine wars
- Battle of Shirimni 1021Turkey · Byzantine–Georgian Wars
- Battle of Svindax 1022Turkey · Byzantine–Georgian Wars
- Battle of Ani 1042Turkey · Armenian–Byzantine wars
- Battle of Kapetron 1048Turkey · Byzantine–Seljuq Wars
- Siege of Manzikert (1054) 1054Turkey · Byzantine–Seljuq Wars
- Battle of Petroe 1057Turkey
- Battle of Manzikert 1071Turkey · Byzantine–Seljuq Wars
- Battle of the Zompos Bridge 1074Turkey · Byzantine–Norman Wars
- Battle of Kalavrye 1078Turkey
- Battle of Civetot 1096Turkey · People's Crusade
- Siege of Xerigordos 1096Turkey · First Crusade
- Battle of Dorylaeum (1097) 1097Turkey · First Crusade
- Siege of Antioch 1097Turkey · First Crusade
- Siege of Nicaea 1097Turkey · First Crusade
- Battle of Melitene 1100Turkey · Crusades
- Battle of Harran 1104Turkey · Crusader battles between 1101 and 1145
- Siege of Nicaea (1113) 1113Turkey · Byzantine–Seljuq Wars
- Battle of Philomelion (1116) 1116Turkey · Byzantine–Seljuq Wars
- Siege of Laodicea (1119) 1119Turkey · Byzantine–Ottoman wars
- Siege of Sozopolis 1120Turkey
- Siege of Ani (1124) 1124Turkey · Georgian–Shaddadid wars
- Siege of Edessa (1144) 1144Turkey · Crusader battles between 1101 and 1145
- Siege of Edessa (1146) 1146Turkey · Crusader battles between 1149 and 1189
- Battle of Dorylaeum (1147) 1147Turkey · Second Crusade
- Battle of Ephesus (1147) 1147Turkey · Second Crusade
- Battle of Mount Cadmus 1148Turkey · Second Crusade
- Siege of Ani (1161) 1161Turkey · Georgian–Seljuk wars
- Battle of Myriokephalon 1176Turkey · Byzantine–Seljuq Wars
- Siege of Claudiopolis 1179Turkey
- Battle of Iconium (1190) 1190Turkey · Third Crusade
- Battle of Philomelion (1190) 1190Turkey · Third Crusade
- Battle of Arcadiopolis (1194) 1194Turkey · Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
- Battle of Basiani 1202Turkey · Georgian–Seljuk wars
- Siege of Constantinople (1203) 1203Turkey · Fourth Crusade
- Sack of Constantinople 1204Turkey · Fourth Crusade
- Battle of Adramyttion (1205) 1205Turkey · Nicaean–Latin wars
- Battle of Adrianople (1205) 1205Turkey · Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
- Siege of Trebizond (1205–1206) 1205Turkey · Byzantine–Seljuq Wars
- Siege of Attaleia 1207Turkey · Byzantine–Seljuq Wars
- Battle of Antioch on the Meander 1211Turkey · Byzantine–Seljuq Wars
- Siege of Sinope 1214Turkey · Byzantine–Seljuq Wars
- Siege of Trebizond (1222–1223) 1222Turkey
- Battle of Poimanenon 1224Turkey · Nicaean–Latin wars
- Siege of Constantinople (1235–1236) 1235Turkey · Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
- Battle of Constantinople (1241) 1241Turkey
- Battle of Köse Dağ 1243Turkey · Mongol conquest of Anatolia
- Battle of Adrianople (1254) 1254Turkey · Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
- Battle of Aksaray (1256) 1256Turkey · Mongol conquest of Anatolia
- Siege of Mayyafariqin 1259Turkey · Mongol conquest of Anatolia
- Siege of Constantinople (1260) 1260Turkey
- Reconquest of Constantinople 1261Turkey
- Battle of Mari 1266Turkey
- Siege of Antioch (1268) 1268Turkey · Fall of Outremer
- Siege of al-Bira (1272) 1272Turkey · Mongol invasions of the Levant
- Battle of Elbistan 1277Turkey · Anatolia
- Siege of Trebizond (1282) 1282Turkey · Byzantine–Georgian Wars
- Siege of Rumkale 1292Turkey
- Battle of the Cyzicus 1303Turkey · Catalan campaign in Asia Minor
- Battle of Apros 1305Turkey · Catalan Revenge
- Battle of Gallipoli (1312) 1312Turkey
- Siege of Bursa 1317Turkey · Byzantine–Ottoman wars
- Siege of Nicaea (1328–1331) 1328Turkey · Byzantine–Ottoman wars
- Battle of Pelekanon 1329Turkey · Byzantine–Ottoman wars
- Siege of Nicomedia 1333Turkey · Byzantine–Ottoman wars
- Battle of Qara Darra 1336Turkey
- Battle of the Bosporus 1352Turkey · War of the Straits
- Capture of Gallipoli (1354) 1354Turkey · Byzantine–Ottoman wars
- Battle of Sırpsındığı 1364Turkey · Ottoman Wars in Europe
- Battle of Maritsa 1371Turkey · Serbian–Ottoman Wars
- Fall of Philadelphia 1378Turkey · Byzantine–Ottoman wars
- Siege of Constantinople (1394–1402) 1394Turkey
- Battle of Ankara 1402Turkey · Timurid invasion of the Ottoman Empire
- Siege of Smyrna 1402Turkey · Timurid conquests and invasions
- Siege of Constantinople (1411) 1411Turkey · Ottoman Interregnum
- Battle of Gallipoli (1416) 1416Turkey · Ottoman–Venetian Wars
- Siege of Constantinople (1422) 1422Turkey · Byzantine–Ottoman War of 1421–1424
- Fall of Constantinople 1453Turkey · Ottoman Wars in Europe
- Siege of Amasra 1460Turkey
- Siege of Trebizond (1461) 1460Turkey · Byzantine–Ottoman wars
- Battle of Malatya 1473Turkey
- Battle of Otlukbeli 1473Turkey · Ottoman Wars in the Near East
- Siege of Şebinkarahisar 1473Turkey
Early modern (1500–1799) · 9
- Siege of Van (1548) 1548Turkey · Ottoman-Safavid War
- Battle of Çıldır 1578Turkey · Lala Mustafa Pasha's Caucasian campaign
- Action of 26 May 1646 1646Turkey · Cretan War of 1645-1669
- Battle of Focchies 1649Turkey · Cretan War of 1645-1669
- Battle of the Dardanelles (1656) 1656Turkey · Cretan War of 1645-1669
- Battle of the Dardanelles (1657) 1657Turkey · Cretan War of 1645-1669
- Battle of the Oinousses Islands 1695Turkey · Morean War
- Battle of Imbros (1717) 1717Turkey · Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War
- Battle of Chesma 1770Turkey · Sixth Russo-Turkish War
19th century (1800–1913) · 23
- Battle of the Dardanelles (1807) 1807Turkey · Eighth Russo-Turkish War
- Siege of Kars (1828) 1828Turkey · Ninth Russo-Turkish War
- Battle of Adrianople (1829) 1829Turkey · Ninth Russo-Turkish War
- Battle of Nezib 1839Turkey · Second Egyptian-Ottoman War
- Battle of Başgedikler 1853Turkey · Caucasian campaign of the Crimean War
- Battle of Sinop 1853Turkey · Crimean War
- Battle of Kurekdere 1854Turkey · Caucasian campaign of the Crimean War
- Siege of Kars 1855Turkey · Crimean War
- First Zeitun Resistance 1862Turkey · Armenian national movement
- Battle of Aladzha 1877Turkey · Tenth Russo-Turkish War
- Battle of Kars (1877) 1877Turkey · Tenth Russo-Turkish War
- Battle of Kızıl Tepe 1877Turkey · Tenth Russo-Turkish War
- Zeitun rebellion (1895–96) 1895Turkey · Hamidian massacres
- Defense of Van (1896) 1896Turkey
- Battle of Holy Apostles Monastery 1901Turkey
- Battle of Elli 1912Turkey · First Balkan War
- Battle of Kirk Kilisse 1912Turkey · First Balkan War
- Battle of Lule Burgas 1912Turkey · First Balkan War
- First Battle of Çatalca 1912Turkey · First Balkan War
- Siege of Adrianople (1912–1913) 1912Turkey · First Balkan War
- Battle of Bulair 1913Turkey · First Balkan War
- Second Battle of Çatalca 1913Turkey · First Balkan War
- Siege of Adrianople (1913) 1913Turkey
World War I era (1914–1918) · 31
- Battle of Ardahan 1914Turkey · Caucasus campaign
- Battle of Sarikamish 1914Turkey · World War I
- Battle for Baby 700 1915Turkey · Gallipoli Campaign
- Battle for No.3 Post 1915Turkey · World War I
- Battle of Bitlis 1915Turkey · World War I
- Battle of Chunuk Bair 1915Turkey · World War I
- Battle of Gully Ravine 1915Turkey · Gallipoli Campaign
- Battle of Hill 60 (Gallipoli) 1915Turkey · Gallipoli Campaign
- Battle of Kara Killisse (1915) 1915Turkey · Caucasus campaign
- Battle of Krithia Vineyard 1915Turkey · Gallipoli Campaign
- Battle of Kumkale 1915Turkey · Gallipoli Campaign
- Battle of Lone Pine 1915Turkey · Gallipoli Campaign
- Battle of Manzikert (1915) 1915Turkey · Caucasus campaign
- Battle of Sari Bair 1915Turkey · Gallipoli Campaign
- Battle of Scimitar Hill 1915Turkey · Gallipoli Campaign
- Battle of the Nek 1915Turkey · Gallipoli Campaign
- Battles of Krithia 1915Turkey · World War I
- Defense of Azakh 1915Turkey · Armenian Genocide
- Defense of Van (1915) 1915Turkey · Caucasus campaign
- First Battle of Krithia 1915Turkey · World War I
- Landing at Anzac Cove 1915Turkey · World War I
- Landing at Cape Helles 1915Turkey · Gallipoli Campaign
- Landing at Suvla Bay 1915Turkey · Gallipoli Campaign
- Musa Dagh 1915Turkey · Armenian Genocide
- Second Battle of Krithia 1915Turkey · World War I
- Third Battle of Krithia 1915Turkey · World War I
- Urfa resistance 1915Turkey · Armenian Genocide
- Battle of Erzincan (1916) 1916Turkey · World War I
- Trebizond Campaign 1916Turkey · World War I
- Battle of Imbros 1918Turkey · naval warfare in the Mediterranean during World War I
- Capture of Erzurum (1918) 1918Turkey · Caucasus campaign
Interwar (1919–1938) · 9
- Battle of Bergama 1919Turkey · Greco-Turkish War
- Greek landing at Smyrna 1919Turkey · Greco-Turkish War
- Battle of Kars (1920) 1920Turkey · Turkish–Armenian War
- Battle of Marash 1920Turkey · Franco-Turkish War
- Battle of Oltu 1920Turkey · Turkish–Armenian War
- Battle of Sarikamish (1920) 1920Turkey · Turkish–Armenian War
- Battle of Urfa 1920Turkey · Franco-Turkish War
- Karboğazı ambush 1920Turkey · Turkish War of Independence
- Siege of Aintab 1920Turkey · Franco-Turkish War
Post-1945 (1946 onwards) · 8
- August 1992 Şırnak Clashes 1992Turkey · Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Battle of Ras al-Ayn (2012–13) 2012Turkey · Syrian Civil War
- 2014 Latakia offensive 2014Turkey · Syrian Civil War
- Siege of Kobanî 2014Turkey · Syrian Civil War
- Siege of Silvan (2015) 2015Turkey · timeline of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Siege of Sur (2016) 2015Turkey · timeline of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Battle of Tell Abyad (2016) 2016Turkey · Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Ras al-Ayn (2019) 2019Turkey · Syrian Civil War
Date not recorded (no reliable year in Wikidata) · 1
- Battle of the Eurymedon Turkey · Wars of the Delian League