Person
Turahan Bey
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 3
- Years
- 1452
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Turahan Bey, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Ottoman campaign against the Morea in 1452
1452Role: Ottoman military commander and governor of Thessaly
- Containment of Byzantine Forces
Mehmed II ordered Turahan to remain in the Morea to prevent aid to Constantinople during the 1453 siege.
- Breach of the Hexamilion
Turahan Bey's forces breached the Hexamilion wall in October 1452, opening the Peloponnese to Ottoman invasion.
- Raids through the Morea
Ottoman troops raided from Corinth to Messenia, while Turahan's son Ahmed was captured in an ambush at Dervenakia.
- Containment of Byzantine Forces
Sources
- Turahan Bey Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-15