Yaƙin Cretan wani rikici ne tsakanin Jamhuriyar Venice da ƙawayenta (shugaba a cikinsu Knights na Malta , Papal States da Faransa ) a kan Daular Ottoman da Barbary States, saboda an yi yaƙi da tsibirin Crete, Venice. mafi girma kuma mafi arziƙi a ketare.Yaƙin ya ci gaba daga 1645 zuwa 1669 kuma an yi yaƙi a Crete, musamman a birnin Candia, da kuma yawan ayyukan sojan ruwa da hare-hare a kusa da Tekun Aegean, tare da Dalmatiya ya ba da gidan wasan kwaikwayo na biyu.Duk da cewa Ottomans sun mamaye yawancin Crete a cikin ƴan shekarun farko na yaƙin, sansanin soja na Candia (Heraklion na zamani), babban birnin Crete, ya yi nasara cikin nasara.Tsawaita kawayenta, "Kishiyar Troy" kamar yadda Lord Byron ya kira ta, ya tilastawa bangarorin biyu su mai da hankali kan samar da sojojinsu a tsibirin.Ga 'yan Venetia musamman, begensu na samun nasara a kan babban sojojin Ottoman a Crete ya kasance cikin nasarar kashe mata abinci da kayan taimako.Don haka yakin ya rikide zuwa jerin gwanon jiragen ruwa tsakanin sojojin ruwa biyu da abokan kawancensu.Venice ta sami taimakon al'ummomin Yammacin Turai daban-daban, waɗanda Paparoma ya yi musu gargaɗi kuma a cikin farfaɗowar ruhin crusading, ya aika maza, jiragen ruwa da kayayyaki "domin kare Kiristendam".A cikin yakin, Venice ta ci gaba da kasancewa mafi girma na sojan ruwa, ta lashe mafi yawan ayyukan sojan ruwa, amma kokarin da aka yi na toshe Dardanelles ya yi nasara a wani bangare kawai, kuma Jamhuriyar Jamhuriyar ba ta da isassun jiragen ruwa da za su iya yanke jigilar kayayyaki da ƙarfafawa zuwa Crete.Daular Usmaniyya ta samu cikas a kokarinsu na rudanin cikin gida, da kuma karkatar da sojojinsu zuwa arewa zuwa Transylvania da masarautar Habsburg.Rikicin da aka dade ya kawo gajiyar tattalin arzikin Jamhuriyar, wanda ya dogara da kasuwanci mai riba da Daular Usmaniyya.A cikin 1660s, duk da ƙarin taimako daga wasu al'ummomin Kirista, gajiyar yaƙi ya taso. A gefe guda kuma, Ottoman sun sami nasarar ci gaba da ƙarfafa sojojinsu a Crete kuma sun sake ƙarfafawa a ƙarƙashin jagorancin iyali na Köprülü, sun aika da babban balaguro na ƙarshe. a 1666 karkashin kulawar Grand Vizier kai tsaye.Wannan ya fara mataki na ƙarshe kuma mafi zubar da jini na Siege na Candia, wanda ya ɗauki fiye da shekaru biyu.Ya ƙare tare da yin sulhu da mika wuya na sansanin soja, tare da rufe makomar tsibirin da kuma kawo karshen yakin a cikin nasarar Ottoman.A cikin yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya ta ƙarshe, Venice ta riƙe ƴan sansanonin tsibiri keɓe daga Crete, kuma ta sami wasu nasarori na yanki a Dalmatia.Sha'awar Venetian na sake dawowa zai jagoranci, bayan shekaru 15, zuwa sabon yakin, wanda Venice za ta yi nasara.Crete, duk da haka, za ta kasance ƙarƙashin ikon Ottoman har zuwa 1897, lokacin da ta zama ƙasa mai cin gashin kanta;A ƙarshe an haɗa shi da Girka a 1913.