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The Battle of Mohács and Ottoman Hungary (1526–1699)
After the Ottoman victory at Mohács in 1526, central and southern Hungary spent 150 years under Ottoman rule, leaving baths, tombs and mosques.
On 29 August 1526 near Mohács the army of Suleiman the Magnificent defeated King Louis II of Hungary, who died in the battle along with much of the nobility; Hungary was then divided between the Ottomans, the Habsburgs and the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.
In 1541 the Ottomans took Buda and created the province of Budin; the centre and south — the Great Plain and southern Transdanubia — remained Ottoman until the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699. The sieges of Eger (1552) and Szigetvár (1566) are famous episodes of this age.
The 150 years left a deep mark: Budapest's Turkish baths, the tomb of Gül Baba and the mosques and minarets of Pécs and Eger date from this time.
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Updated: October 3, 2026