During the period between 1484 and 1590 the Ottoman Porte occupied Chilia, Cetatea Albă (1484) and Tighina (1538), establishing in them Turkish garrisons, while in their subordinate kadiate – paramilitary formations made of Turks and several dozen Tartar families brought from the Balkans. The territories between Chilia and the Cetatea Albă kadiates on the Black Sea coast, and that situated near the Dniester (between Cetatea Albă and Tighina constituencies) continued to be under the authority of the Moldavian authorities, but their surface was reducing. In 1512, Selim I’s vakuf was created on the lower courses of Kogylnic and Sarata Rivers, and around 1585 the northern border of Cetatea Albă constituency near Palanca Ianâk Hisar was transferred to the north of the Purcari village. However, the plain south of Codri, later named Bugeac, continued to be under the authority of the Land of Moldavia.