The Siege of Vienna in 1529 was the first attempt by the Ottoman Empire, led by Suleiman the Magnificent, to

capture the city of Vienna, Austria. The siege signalled the pinnacle of the Ottoman Empire's power and the
maximum extent of Ottoman expansion in central Europe. Thereafter, 150 years of bitter military tension and
reciprocal attacks ensued, culminating in the Battle of Vienna of 1683, which marked the start of the 15-year-
long Great Turkish War. The inability of the Ottomans to capture Vienna in 1529 turned the tide against almost
a century of conquest throughout eastern and central Europe. The Ottoman Empire had previously
annexed Central Hungary and established a vassal state in Transylvania in the wake of the Battle of Mohcs.
According to Arnold J. Toynbee, "The failure of the first [siege of Vienna] brought to a standstill the tide of
Ottoman conquest which had been flooding up the Danube Valley for a century past. There is speculation by
some historians that Suleiman's main objective in 1529 was actually to assert Ottoman control over the whole of
Hungary, the western part of which (known as Royal Hungary) was under Habsburg control. The decision to
attack Vienna after such a long interval in Suleiman's European campaign is viewed as an opportunistic
manoeuvre after his decisive victory in Hungary. Other scholars theorise that the suppression of Hungary
simply marked the prologue to a later, premeditated invasion of Europe.
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UNKNOWN WORDS Notes:
1. siege: kuatma
2. attempt: giriim
3. pinnacle: en st nokta, zirve
mkanszla imkan dahilinde olann
4. extent: boyut, kapsam, derece
arasndaki tek fark, insann kararllk
5. expansion: genileme, byme
derecesidir.(Tommy Lasorda) Arkasnda
6. bitter: ac, zc duracanz, kararl bir snav diliyorum.
7. reciprocal: karlkl, iki tarafl
8. ensue: meydana gelmek, sonulanmak HAKKI AHN
9. culminate in: ile sonulanmak
10. mark: damga vurmak, iaretlemek
11. turn the tide against: durumu aleyhine evirmek
12. conquest: fetih Baaracaksnz,neden olmasn ?
13. throughout: boyunca
14. previously: nceden
15. annex:eklemek
16. vassal:baml-kle
17. in the wake of:ardndan
18. standstill:kmldamama-hareketsiz kalma
20. speculation: tahmin
21. assert: ortaya atmak, iddia etmek
22. interval: aralk
23. decisive: sonuca gtren
24. suppression: yok etme, nleme, bastrma
25. premediatate: nceden planlamak