The Turks made the city the capital of their Ottoman Empire, which lasted until 1922 and included Egypt, Syria, and most of the Balkans.
土耳其人把该城作为他们的奥斯曼帝国的首都，该帝国一直延续到1922年，全盛时期的领土曾囊括了包括埃及、叙利亚和巴尔干半岛大部的广大领土。