The ports of the Ottoman Empire can be listed by using the Ottoman Empire official annuals, known as salname, after 1847. The list below is about the ports of the empire in 1870. According to the report there were 70 ports (including piers). Among these 3 of them were in Adriatic Sea, 2 in Ionian Sea, 6 in Aegean Sea, 9 in Sea of Marmara, 32 in Mediterranean Sea, 11 in Black Sea, 5 in Red Sea, and 2 in Persian Gulf. (However, in this list Aegean island ports as well as Anatolian ports facing the Aegean Sea were listed together with the Mediterranean ports)[1]
Ottoman name
Modern name
Present country
Sea
Antivari
Bar
Montenegro
Adriatic Sea
Durazzo
Durrës
Albania
Adriatic Sea
Avlona
Vlorë
Albania
Adriatic Sea
Parga
Parga
Greece
Ionian Sea
Preveze
Preveza
Greece
Ionian Sea
Makri
Maroneia
Greece
Aegean Sea
Aynoz
Enez
Turkey
Aegean Sea
Lagoz
Lagos (?)
Greece
Aegean Sea
Kavala
Kavala
Greece
Aegean Sea
Selanik
Thessaloniki
Greece
Aegean Sea .
Volo
Volos
Greece
Aegean sea
Istanbul
Istanbul
Turkey
Sea of Marmara
Silivri
Silivri
Turkey
Sea of Marmara
Ereğli
Marmara Ereğlisi
Turkey
Sea of Marmara
Tekfurdağı
Tekirdağ
Turkey
Sea of Marmara
Gelibolu
Gelibolu
Turkey
Sea of Marmara
Bandırma
Bandırma
Turkey
Sea of Marmara
Gemlik
Gemlik
Turkey
Sea of Marmara
Mudanya
Mudanya
Turkey
Sea of Marmara
İzmit
İzmit
Turkey
Sea of Marmara .
Trablusgarp
Tripoli
Libya
Mediterranean Sea
Kandiye
Heraklion
Greece
Mediterranean Sea[2]
Hanya
Chania
Greece
Mediterranean Sea[2]
Retimo
Rethymno
Greece
Mediterranean Sea[2]
Islandiya
Dia (?)
Greece
Mediterranean Sea[2]
Suda
Souda
Greece
Mediterranean Sea[2]
Larnaka
Larnaca
Cyprus
Mediterranean Sea
Limizo
Limassol (?)
Cyprus
Mediterranean Sea
Rodos
Rhodes
Greece
Mediterranean Sea[2]
Simi
Symi
Greece
Mediterranean Sea[2]
Siray
Syros (?)
Greece
Mediterranean Sea[2]
Harki
Chalki
Greece
Mediterranean Sea[2]
İstampali
Astypalaia
Greece
Mediterranean Sea[2]
Tilos
Tilos
Greece
Mediterranean Sea[2]
Vati
Vathy
Greece
Mediterranean Sea[2]
Tigani
Pythagorio
Greece
Mediterranean Sea[2]
Midilli
Mytilene
Greece
Mediterranean Sea[2]
Sakız
Chios
Greece
Mediterranean Sea[2]
İzmir
İzmir
Turkey
Mediterranean Sea[2]
Kuşadası
Kuşadası
Turkey
Mediterranean Sea[2]
Makri
Fethiye
Turkey
Mediterranean Sea
Atalia
Antalya
Turkey
Mediterranean Sea
Mersin
Mersin
Turkey
Mediterranean Sea
İskenderun
İskenderun
Turkey
Mediterranean Sea
Lazkiye
Latakia
Syria
Mediterranean Sea
Trablus
Tripoli
Lebanon
Mediterranean Sea
Beyrut
Beirut
Lebanon
Mediterranean Sea
Sayda
Sidon
Lebanon
Mediterranean Sea
Sur
Tyre
Lebanon
Mediterranean Sea
Acre
Acre
Israel
Mediterranean Sea .
Keyfa
Haifa
Israel
Mediterranean Sea
Yafa
Jaffa
Israel
Mediterranean Sea
Boğazı'ı Balçık
Balchik
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Varna
Varna
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Köstence
Constanța
Romania
Black Sea
Ereğli
Karadeniz Ereğli
Turkey
Black Sea
İnebolu
İnebolu
Turkey
Black Sea
Bolu
?[3]
Turkey
Black Sea
Sinop
Sinop
Turkey
Black Sea
Samsun
Samsun
Turkey
Black Sea .
Giresun
Giresun
Turkey
Black Sea
Trabzon
Trabzon
Turkey
Black Sea
Batum
Batumi
Georgia
Black Sea
Yanbu
Yanbu
Saudi Arabia
Red Sea
Cidde
Jeddah
Saudi Arabia
Red Sea
Lihye
Al Luḩayyah
Yemen
Red Sea
Hudeyde
Al Hudaydah
Yemen
Red Sea
Muha
Mocha
Yemen
Red Sea
Uceyl
?[4]
Saudi Arabia
Persian Gulf
Basra
Basra
Iraq
Persian Gulf
^Mersin Deniz Ticareti (Mersin Trade Union periodical) September 2015, No 80, Musa Urgan:T 1870 yılında Türkiye'nin Limanları, pp. 35-42
^ abcdefghijklmnopqSome ports are actually in Aegean sea. But here the convention of the original text is used
^Since present Bolu is an inland city this port seems to be the former name of one of the small ports of the western Black Sea region of Turkey.
^Acil or Uceyl is supposed to be in Bahrain. But in the 19th century the region Bahrain included what is now Al-Ahsa Governorate governate of Saudi Arabia.
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