The town was taken by the Ottomans during their preparations for their final siege of Constantinople, in early 1453 or perhaps even in 1452. The moats and earthworks erected by the Ottomans during this operation were allegedly still visible in the 1660s, when the traveller Evliya Celebi visited the city. In the late 19th century, the town had a Christian population of 400, many of whom were Bulgarians.