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Siege of Amasra | |||||||||
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![]() Amasra Fortress | |||||||||
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100 galleys 50 transport ships 30,000 marines 5,000 infantry | Unknown |
The siege of Amasra was the land and sea besiegement that resulted in the Ottoman Army, under the command of Fatih Sultan Mehmed, and the Ottoman Navy, under the command of Grand Vizier Veli Mahmud Pasha, capturing the Genoese colony of Amasra, and annexing it into Ottoman lands in 1460.