Ports of the Ottoman Empire

The ports of the Ottoman Empire can be listed by using the Ottoman Empire official annuals, known as salname, after 1847. The list below is about the ports of the empire in 1870. According to the report there were 70 ports (including piers). Among these 3 of them were in Adriatic Sea, 2 in Ionian Sea, 6 in Aegean Sea, 9 in Sea of Marmara, 32 in Mediterranean Sea, 11 in Black Sea, 5 in Red Sea, and 2 in Persian Gulf. (However, in this list Aegean island ports as well as Anatolian ports facing the Aegean Sea were listed together with the Mediterranean ports)[1]

Ottoman name Modern name Present country Sea
AntivariBarMontenegroAdriatic Sea
DurazzoDurrësAlbaniaAdriatic Sea
AvlonaVlorëAlbaniaAdriatic Sea
PargaPargaGreeceIonian Sea
PrevezePrevezaGreeceIonian Sea
MakriMaroneiaGreeceAegean Sea
AynozEnezTurkeyAegean Sea
LagozLagos (?)GreeceAegean Sea
KavalaKavalaGreeceAegean Sea
SelanikThessalonikiGreeceAegean Sea .
VoloVolosGreeceAegean sea
İstanbulİstanbulTurkeySea of Marmara
SilivriSilivriTurkeySea of Marmara
EreğliMarmara EreğlisiTurkeySea of Marmara
TekfurdağıTekirdağTurkeySea of Marmara
GeliboluGeliboluTurkeySea of Marmara
BandırmaBandırmaTurkeySea of Marmara
GemlikGemlikTurkeySea of Marmara
MudanyaMudanyaTurkeySea of Marmara
İzmitİzmitTurkeySea of Marmara .
TrablusgarpTripoliLibyaMediterranean Sea
KandiyeHeraklionGreeceMediterranean Sea [2]
HanyaChaniaGreeceMediterranean Sea [2]
RetimoRethymnoGreeceMediterranean Sea [2]
IslandiyaDia (?)GreeceMediterranean Sea [2]
SudaSoudaGreeceMediterranean Sea [2]
LarnakaLarnacaCyprusMediterranean Sea
LimizoLimassol (?)CyprusMediterranean Sea
RodosRhodesGreeceMediterranean Sea [2]
SimiSymiGreeceMediterranean Sea [2]
SiraySyros (?)GreeceMediterranean Sea [2]
HarkiChalkiGreeceMediterranean Sea [2]
İstampaliAstypalaiaGreeceMediterranean Sea[2]
TilosTilosGreeceMediterranean Sea [2]
VatiVathyGreeceMediterranean Sea [2]
TiganiPythagorioGreeceMediterranean Sea [2]
MidilliMytileneGreeceMediterranean Sea [2]
SakızChiosGreeceMediterranean Sea [2]
İzmirİzmirTurkeyMediterranean Sea [2]
KuşadasıKuşadasıTurkeyMediterranean Sea [2]
MakriFethiyeTurkeyMediterranean Sea
AtaliaAntalyaTurkeyMediterranean Sea
MersinMersinTurkeyMediterranean Sea
İskenderunİskenderunTurkeyMediterranean Sea
LazkiyeLatakiaSyriaMediterranean Sea
TrablusTripoliLebanonMediterranean Sea
BeyrutBeirutLebanonMediterranean Sea
SaydaSidonLebanonMediterranean Sea
SurTyreLebanonMediterranean Sea
AkkaAkkaIsraelMediterranean Sea .
KeyfaHaifaIsraelMediterranean Sea
YafaJaffaIsraelMediterranean Sea
Boğazı'ı BalçıkBalchikBulgariaBlack Sea
VarnaVarnaBulgariaBlack Sea
KöstenceConstanțaRomaniaBlack Sea
EreğliKaradeniz EreğliTurkeyBlack Sea
İneboluİneboluTurkeyBlack Sea
Bolu ? [3] TurkeyBlack Sea
SinopSinopTurkeyBlack Sea
SamsunSamsunTurkeyBlack Sea .
GiresunGiresunTurkeyBlack Sea
TrabzonTrabzonTurkeyBlack Sea
BatumBatumiGeorgiaBlack Sea
YanbuYanbuSaudi ArabiaRed Sea
CiddeJeddahSaudi ArabiaRed Sea
LihyeAl LuḩayyahYemenRed Sea
HudeydeAl HudaydahYemenRed Sea
MuhaMochaYemenRed Sea
Uceyl ? [4]Saudi ArabiaPersian Gulf
BasraBasraIraqPersian Gulf

Notes
  1. Mersin Deniz Ticareti (Mersin Trade Union periodical) September 2015, No 80, Musa Urgan:T 1870 yılında Türkiye'nin Limanları, pp.35-42
  2. Some ports are actually in Aegean sea. But here the convention of the original text is used
  3. Since present Bolu is an inland city this port seems to be the former name of one of the small ports of the western Black Sea region of Turkey.
  4. Acil or Uceyl is supposed to be in Bahrain. But in the 19th century the region Bahrain included what is now Al-Ahsa Governorate governate of Saudi Arabia.
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