Turkish siege
In history, the siege of the city of Vienna by the Ottoman army is understood as the Turkish siege . A distinction is made between two different events:
Although the Ottomans had a larger force at their disposal in both attacks, they were unable to take Vienna in either of the sieges.
In connection with the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in south-eastern Europe since 1453 at the expense of the Christian European states such as Austria , Russia or the Holy Roman Empire , there is generally talk of Turkish wars .