THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE | 1299 – 1922

The Ottoman Empire and Osman Bey; The Sublime Ottoman State (Ottoman Empire) was a major Turkic-Islamic state founded by Osman Bey in 1299, spanning three continents for over 600 years. With its military, political, and cultural power, it left a profound mark on both Turkish and world history.

Osman Bey became the first ruler by establishing the Ottoman Principality in 1299. He expanded the Kayi Tribe through conquests, laid the foundations of the state organization by creating administrative positions such as the kadı (judge) and subaşı (superintendent), and minted the first Ottoman coin. As a brave and just leader, he gathered Turkmen chieftains around him, thereby increasing the military and political strength of the Ottoman state.

OSMAN BEY | 1281 - 1326

ORHAN GAZİ | 1326 - 1362

I. MURAD | 1362 - 1389

YILDIRIM BAYEZİD | 1389 - 1402

I. MEHMED | 1413 - 1421

II. MURAD | 1421 - 1451

FATİH SULTAN MEHMED | 1451 - 1481

II. BAYEZİD | 1481 - 1512

YAVUZ SULTAN SELİM | 1512 - 1520

KANUNİ SULTAN SÜLEYMAN | 1520 - 1566

II. SELİM | 1566 - 1574

III. MURAD | 1574 - 1595

III. MEHMED | 1595 - 1603

I. AHMED | 1603 - 1617

I. MUSTAFA | 1617-1618/1622-1623

GENÇ OSMAN | 1618 - 1622

IV. MURAD | 1623 - 1640

SULTAN İBRAHİM | 1640 - 1648

IV. MEHMET | 1648 - 1687

II. SÜLEYMAN | 1687 - 1691

II. AHMED | 1691 - 1695

II. MUSTAFA | 1695 - 1703

III. AHMED | 1703 - 1730

I. MAHMUD | 1730 - 1754

III. OSMAN | 1754 - 1757

III. MUSTAFA | 1757 - 1774

I. ABDÜLHAMİD | 1774 - 1789

III. SELİM | 1789 - 1807

IV. MUSTAFA | 1807 - 1808

II. MAHMUD | 1808 - 1839

ABDÜLMECİD | 1839 - 1861

ABDÜLAZİZ | 1861 - 1876

V. MURAD | 1876

II. ABDÜLHAMİD | 1876 - 1909

V. MEHMED REŞAT | 1909 - 1918

VI. MEHMED VAHİDETTİN | 1918 - 1922