Doğu Akdeniz’de bulunan Kıbrıs adası tarih boyunca pek çok güçlü devlet tarafından yönetildi. On altıncı yüzyılda Kıbrıs Venedik yönetimi altında Osmanlı kuşatması tehdidi ile karşı karşıyaydı. Osmanlı İmparatorluğu 1571’de Kıbrıs’ı fethederek 1489’dan beri süren Venedik hâkimiyetini sona erdirdi. Kıbrıs kuşatması bir sene sürdü. Osmanlıyı zafere ulaştıran, Kıbrıs’ın kaderini belirleyen ise Mağusa kuşatması oldu. Bu kuşatma ve Osmanlı-Venedik savaşı pek çok şehir haritasında resmedilmiştir. On altıncı yüzyılda, Osmanlının gücü ve Avrupa’ya yönelik tehdidi yüzünden, Batı ile Doğu arasındaki savaş ilgi çekiciydi. Kıbrıs’ın fethi ise gözlerin adaya çevrilmesine sebep olup, harita yapımının da artmasını sağladı. Mağusa şehir haritaları, şehir planı ve önemli yapıları hakkında bilgi vermekte, ayrıca adanın işgal ediliş biçimini ön plana çıkarıp kuşatmaları resmederek, birer tarihi kanıt halini almaktadır. Bu makalede yer alan Mağusa kuşatmasına ait üç harita da İtalyan haritacılar tarafından yapılmış olup, üçü de Mağusa kuşatmasını Avrupa bakış açısı ile vermektedir. Bu üç haritanın analiz edilmesi, Kıbrıs için dönüm noktası olan bu anları gözümüzde canlandırmakta yardımcı olmaktadır. Üç farklı haritacının resmetmiş olduğu aynı kuşatma birbirinden çok farklıdır. Haritacılar kuşatmanın farklı noktalarını resmetmiş, vurgulamış ve kuşatma hakkında bilgi vermişlerdir. Bu makale, bu üç harita ve onların Mağusa kuşatmasına bakış açısını inceleyip, kuşatmanın ve şehrin yapısının haritalara nasıl yansıdığını göstermeye çalışmaktadır.

Cyprus has been ruled by different powers in its history. As such during the Ottoman invasion in 16th century the island was under Venetian rule. The most important city during the conquest was the port city called Famagusta which resisted the invasion for a year due to its strong fortification. The capture of the city determined the fate of the island. In retrospect, the town plans of Famagusta were published in order to illustrate the confrontation between the Venetians and the Ottomans. The urban maps of this century illustrated the cities under the Ottoman siege in detail in order to reflect the clash between the Venetians inside the city and the Ottomans surrounding them. The maps were made by Italian map makers for the European audience, where they illustrated the important moments of attacks and defences of both sides. The emphasis of these maps is that the map makers prioritize the stance of the Ottoman army to show the Islamic presence as an image to Europeans. These three map makers created different representations of the siege of Famagusta. The paper includes three siege maps that first one made by Giovanni Francesco Camocio as part of his famous work Isolario. Inside the city walls private and public houses were depicted, but three public buildings stand out: the palace and two churches. On the land, outside the walls, there were Ottoman troops, in the background Ottoman tents and in the foreground troops on horses, some walking and some depicted with canons, advancing on the doomed city. The different types of troops are also labelled, for example “Ianiceri” for Janissary or “Stradioti” for horsemen. Rather than giving detailed information about the city, Camocio focused on the siege and the enemy, on details of the Ottoman army. However, the mapmaker did not depict the actual line of fire and does not show us where the Ottoman troops were actually attacking; neither did he offer any information concerning the Venetian troops’ deployments for the defence. The only dynamic element is the burning ship in the left bottom corner of the map illustrates the event which was mentioned several times in the texts. The second siege map of Famagusta was made by Stephano Gibellino. This map is the most detailed map that gives information about the siege, the Ottoman army and the city. The map has a reference table which gives names of buildings, bastions, and gates of the city. Inside the walls is illustrated in detail, showing not only important public buildings, but also the private buildings. Outside the city, the Ottoman troops and the ships were depicted, showing the line of fire between the city and the troops. The depicted lines of the Ottoman soldiers, the earth defences, and other graphic explanations at points were labelled on the map to show where the Ottoman troops attacked. The map combined, perhaps compressed, various important moments of the siege, attacks by the troops and ships, and also other activities such as men carrying supplies and the burning ship. The map maker presented a complete the image of the city and the siege in 1571. The last map was published by Giacomo Franco which had different representation of the siege than other two maps; it is a naïve depiction of the siege and the city. Inside the city there are few architectural structures, however, the buildings were not recognizable from their physical appearance, except for the two Venetian columns which were also depicted in Gibellino’s map. The walls of the city and the citadel are represented well as is the Venetian flag flying to show the Venetian rule of the city. Inside the walls he depicted soldiers running around and outside the walls the Ottoman troops were illustrated beside the Ottoman tents, canon and other paraphernalia of war. The map clearly focused on the siege and the soldiers, not on the accurate physical reality of the city and its buildings. Even though all maps gave information about the siege and the city they are di