Now, the empire covers Greece, North Africa, Syria, Palestine, Balkans and Anatolia. 1571 AD Capture of Cyprus by Turks. Ottoman fleet defeated at Lepanto by Christian forces. 1578 AD 1666 AD Ineffective Sultans leave control to their Women and Grand Viziers. AD 1812 AD War between Ottoman Empire and European powers.
Ottoman empire loses territories in S Europe.
1826 AD Janisssary corps abolished by Mahmut II 1830 AD Greece becomes independent state. Anatolia invaded by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt. The Tanzimat Period. 1912 AD 1913 AD Balkan Wars. Ottomans lose Macedonia and some part of Thrace.