Around 1423, Ottoman rule over Thessaly was fully established. Since the Thessalian region had always relied primarily on agriculture and livestock production, the Ottoman conquest did not bring dramatic changes to its economic organization. The new reality, however, was that the land and its cultivators now formally belonged to the Ottoman Sultan, who distributed estates as timars to both Muslims and Christians in exchange for military and administrative services.
Naturally, the Greeks, as subjects of the empire, endured various forms of discrimination and persecution under Ottoman Empire rule.
Because of its strategic location, Elassona developed into a military-administrative center (kaza, district), which was subordinate to the sanjak of Trikala.
The inhabitants of the surrounding villages were primarily engaged in grain cultivation, livestock breeding, viticulture, and related agricultural activities.
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