The siege of Tripolitsa or the fall of Tripolitsa (Greek: Άλωση της Τριπολιτσάς, Álosi tis Tripolitsás, Greek pronunciation: [ˈalosi tis tripoliˈt͡sas];) or the Tripolitsa massacre (Turkish: Tripoliçe Katliamı) to revolutionary Greek forces in the summer of 1821 marked an early victory in the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire, which had begun earlier in that year. It is further known for the massacre of its Muslim (mainly) and Jewish population, which occurred after the city fell to the Greek revolutionary forces.