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)Mersin Deniz Ticareti (Mersin Trade Union periodical) September 2015, No 80, Musa Urgan:T 1870 yılında Türkiye'nin Limanları, pp. 35-42 Ottoman nameModern namePresent countrySea 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 SeaSome ports are actually in Aegean sea. But here the convention of the original text is used Hanya Chania Greece Mediterranean Sea Retimo Rethymno Greece Mediterranean Sea Islandiya Dia (?) Greece Mediterranean Sea Suda Souda Greece Mediterranean Sea Larnaka Larnaca Cyprus Mediterranean Sea Limizo Limassol (?) Cyprus Mediterranean Sea Rodos Rhodes Greece Mediterranean Sea Simi Symi Greece Mediterranean Sea Siray Syros (?) Greece Mediterranean Sea Harki Chalki Greece Mediterranean Sea İstampali Astypalaia Greece Mediterranean Sea Tilos Tilos Greece Mediterranean Sea Vati Vathy Greece Mediterranean Sea Tigani Pythagorio Greece Mediterranean Sea Midilli Mytilene Greece Mediterranean Sea Sakız Chios Greece Mediterranean Sea İzmir İzmir Turkey Mediterranean Sea Kuşadası Kuşadası Turkey Mediterranean Sea Makri Fethiye Turkey Mediterranean Sea Atalia Antalya Turkey Mediterranean Sea Mersin Mersin Turkey Mediterranean Sea İskenderun İskenderun Turkey Mediterranean Sea Lazkiye Latakia SyriaMediterranean 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 ?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. 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 ?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. Saudi Arabia Persian Gulf Basra Basra Iraq Persian Gulf
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