Ottoman Expansion into Thrace

Timeline

1. 1354–1355Gallipoli peninsula · ThraceAfter capturing Gallipoli, the Ottomans garrisoned troops and settled Anatolian migrants there, developing the peninsula into a forward base and logistics hub for advancing into inland Thrace.
2. 1355–1358Inland Thrace · ThraceOttoman forces advanced northwest from Gallipoli, capturing coastal and inland towns of Thrace one after another; Byzantine local garrisons could not resist, and much of the Christian population fled or converted.
3. 1358–1360Adrianople · ThraceBy around 1360, Ottoman forces had penetrated deep into the Thracian heartland, with Adrianople and other major towns falling into or nearing Ottoman control, laying the groundwork for Murad I's later establishment of his capital there and the shift of the power center to Europe.