Aegan Expedition (1456)
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The Aegean Expedition of 1456 was the expedition in which the Ottoman army under the command of Mehmed the Conqueror captured Enez, Lemnos and the island of Samothrace.[2]
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Aegean expedition | |||||||
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Part of Ottoman wars in Europe | |||||||
Enez castle | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ottoman Empire | Republic of Genoa | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Mehmed the Conqueror Has Yunus Beg Mahmud Pasha Hadım İsmail Pasha Michael Critobulus Hamza Bey |
Dorino II Gattilusio John Ryhndacenos Niccolò Gattilusio Domenico Gattilusio Giovanni Fontana Spineta Colomboto | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
10 galleys | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown |
Unknown number of dead soldiers 150 young people were recruited into the Janissaries[1] 40 captives |
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