Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Tun daga tsakiyar karni na 14, barazanar Ottoman ta kasance a cikin Balkans, yayin da Ottomans suka ci nasara da masarautun Kirista daban-daban, ko Serbian, Bulgarian ko Greek. Bayan nasarar Ottoman a cikin
Yaƙin Maritsa a cikin 1371, yawancin Makidoniya sun yarda da vassalage ga Ottomans kuma a ƙarshen ƙarni na 14 Daular Ottoman a hankali ta haɗu da yankin. An kama kama Ottoman na karshe na Thessalonica (1430) a matsayin farkon faduwar Constantinople kanta. Makidoniya ta kasance wani ɓangare na Daular Ottoman kusan shekaru 500, a lokacin ne ya sami ƙarancin Turkawa. Daga baya Thessaloniki ya zama gida ga yawancin Yahudawa na Sephardi bayan fitar da Yahudawa bayan 1492 daga Spain.