Girkawa sun kasance a cikin Peloponnese har zuwa 1460, kuma Venetian da Genoese sun manne da wasu tsibiran, amma a farkon karni na 16 duk babban yankin Girka da yawancin tsibiran Aegean daular Ottoman ta yi mulkin mallaka, ban da biranen tashar jiragen ruwa da yawa har yanzu. da Venetian suka yi (Nafplio, Monemvasia, Parga da Methone mafi mahimmancin su).Tsibirin Cyclades, a tsakiyar Aegean, Ottomans sun mamaye su a hukumance a cikin 1579, kodayake suna ƙarƙashin matsayin vassal tun daga 1530s.Cyprus ta fadi a shekara ta 1571, kuma Venetian sun ci gaba da rike Crete har zuwa shekara ta 1669. Daular Ionia ba ta taba mulkin Ottoman ba, ban da Kefalonia (daga 1479 zuwa 1481 da kuma daga 1485 zuwa 1500), kuma ta ci gaba da zama karkashin mulkin Jamhuriyar Venice. .Ya kasance a cikin tsibiran Ionian inda aka haifi ƙasar Girka ta zamani, tare da ƙirƙirar Jamhuriyar Tsibirin Bakwai a 1800.Ottoman Girka al'umma ce mai yawan kabilu.Duk da haka, ra'ayi na zamani na Yammacin Turai na al'adu da yawa, ko da yake a kallon farko ya bayyana ya dace da tsarin gero, ana ganin bai dace da tsarin Ottoman ba.Girkawa da hannu ɗaya an ba su wasu gata da 'yanci;da daya kuma sun gamu da wani zalunci da ya samo asali daga munanan ayyuka na jami’an gudanarwarta wanda gwamnatin tsakiya ke da iko da shi kawai ba tare da cikawa ba.Lokacin da Ottoman ya isa, ƙaura biyu na Girka sun faru.Hijira ta farko ta ƙunshi masu hankali na Girka yin ƙaura zuwa Yammacin Turai da kuma yin tasiri ga zuwan Renaissance.Hijira ta biyu ta ƙunshi Helenawa suna barin filayen tsibirin Girka da sake zama a cikin tsaunuka.Tsarin gero ya ba da gudummawa ga haɗin kan kabilanci na Girkawa na Orthodox ta hanyar rarraba al'ummomi daban-daban a cikin daular Usmania bisa addini.Helenawa da ke zaune a filayen a lokacin mulkin Ottoman, ko dai Kiristoci ne da suka magance nauyin mulkin ƙasashen waje ko kuma Kiristocin crypto-Kiristoci (Musulman Girka waɗanda suke asirce na bangaskiyar Orthodox na Girkanci).Wasu Helenawa sun zama crypto-Kiristoci don kauce wa haraji mai yawa kuma a lokaci guda suna bayyana ainihin su ta hanyar ci gaba da dangantakar su da Cocin Orthodox na Girka.Duk da haka, Girkawa waɗanda suka musulunta kuma ba Kiristocin crypto-Kiristoci ba ana ɗaukarsu "Turkawa" (Musulmi) a idanun Helenawa na Orthodox, ko da ba su ɗauki harshen Turkiyya ba.Daular Usmaniyya ta mallaki mafi yawan kasar Girka har zuwa farkon karni na 19.Na farko mai cin gashin kansa, tun daga tsakiyar zamanai, an kafa kasar Hellenic a lokacin yakin juyin juya halin Faransa, a shekara ta 1800, shekaru 21 kafin barkewar juyin juya halin Girka a babban yankin Girka.Ita ce Jamhuriyar Septinsular tare da Corfu a matsayin babban birnin kasar.