Key Facts
- Duration
- June–September 1715 (approx. 3 months)
- Theater
- Morea (Peloponnese) peninsula, southern Greece
- Ottoman commander
- Grand Vizier Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha
- Venetian rule ended
- Venice had held the Morea since the 1680s
- Second Ottoman occupation
- Lasted until Greek War of Independence, 1821
Strategic Narrative Overview
The Ottoman campaign was swift and decisive. Grand Vizier Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha led the land forces while Kapudan Pasha Canım Hoca Mehmed Pasha commanded the supporting fleet. Launched in June 1715, Ottoman forces systematically overran Venetian fortifications and garrisons across the Morea. The combination of overwhelming land and naval pressure left Venice unable to mount an effective defense, and the entire peninsula fell to Ottoman control by September 1715.
01 / The Origins
The Morea had been seized by the Republic of Venice from the Ottomans during the Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War in the 1680s, representing a significant loss of Ottoman territory in southern Greece. By 1715, the Ottoman Empire, engaged in the broader Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War, moved to reclaim the peninsula. The offensive was driven by Ottoman ambitions to reverse Venetian gains and restore control over a strategically important region in the eastern Mediterranean.
03 / The Outcome
The campaign ended with the complete Ottoman reconquest of the Morea within roughly three months. Venice lost all its holdings on the peninsula, marking the close of its brief but notable rule there. The Ottomans established their second period of rule over the Morea, which would endure for over a century until the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 1821 brought Ottoman dominance in the region to a final end.
Belligerents & Mobilization Analysis
Side A
1 belligerent
Silahdar Damat Ali Pasha, Canım Hoca Mehmed Pasha.
Side B
1 belligerent