Sanjak of Salonica
The Sanjak of Salonica or Selanik was a second-level Ottoman province encompassing the environs of the city of Thessalonica and the Chalcidice peninsula.History
After its final conquest from the Republic of Venice, Thessalonica became a sanjak centre within the Rumeli Eyalet, encompassing central Macedonia between the Vardar and Aliakmon rivers, as well as the Chalcidice peninsula.
By 1846, as part of the Tanzimat reforms, Thessalonica became the centre of a separate eyalet, and hence the sanjak became the new province's pasha-sanjak.
In 1912, the sanjak comprised the following districts : Selanik proper, Kesendire, Karaferye, Yenice Vardar, Vodina, Langaza, Gevgelü, Avret Hişar, Toyran, Ustrumca, Tikoş/Kavadar, Katerin, Aynaroz and Karaağaabad. Most of the sanjak was captured by Greece in October 1912, during the First Balkan War, while the northern portions fell to Serbia and are now part of North Macedonia.
