Fall of Gallipoli

Fall of Gallipoli
Part of the Byzantine-Ottoman wars and Ottoman wars in Europe
The Byzantine and Ottoman Empires within a year of the occupation of Gallipoli
Date March 1354 Location Gallipoli peninsula Result Ottoman victory Ottoman takeover of Gallipoli John VI Kantakouzenos overthrown as Eastern Roman Emperor Savoyard crusade Europe becomes open to Turkish expansion
Belligerents
Byzantine Empire	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
John VI Kantakouzenos	Süleyman Pasha (son of Orhan)
Strength
Unknown	10,000–20,000 exmercenaries[1]

The fall of Gallipoli (Turkish: Gelibolu'nun Fethi, lit. 'Conquest of Gelibolu') was the siege and capture of the Gallipoli fortress and peninsula, by the Ottoman Turks, in March 1354. After suffering a half-century of defeats at the hands of the Ottomans, the Byzantine Empire had lost nearly all of its possessions in Anatolia, except Philadelphia. Access to the Aegean and Marmara seas meant that the Ottomans could now implement the conquest of the southern Balkans, and could advance further north into the Serbian Empire and Hungary.