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3 days ago · Sultan Mehmed declared Constantinople the new capital of the Ottoman Empire. Hours after the fall of the city, the sultan rode to the Hagia Sophia and summoned an imam to proclaim the shahada , converting the grand cathedral into an imperial mosque due to the city's refusal to surrender peacefully. [ 63 ]
3 days ago · Istanbul, largest city and principal seaport of Turkey. Historically known as Byzantium and then Constantinople, it was the capital of the Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Istanbul straddles the Bosporus strait, one of two waterways that separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey.
2 days ago · Mehmed's thirty-year rule and numerous wars expanded the Ottoman Empire to include Constantinople, the Turkish kingdoms and territories of Asia Minor, Bosnia, Serbia, and Albania. Mehmed left behind an imposing reputation in both the Islamic and Christian worlds.
2 days ago · Osman is considered the founder of the Ottoman dynasty who started an imperial line that would expand to include 35 sultans – rulers of one of the largest and most powerful empires in world history. The Ottoman Empire lasted until 1918, when it disintegrated after defeat alongside other Central Powers in World War I. Osman is often referred ...
2 days ago · Greece - Phanariotes, Ottoman, Constantinople: Of critical importance to the ultimate success of the national movement was the transformation that Greek society was to undergo during the course of the 18th century.
3 days ago · Greece - Ottoman, Balkan, Empire: Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks on May 29, 1453. The Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaeologus, was last seen fighting alongside his troops on the battlements.
1 day ago · The Establishment of the Florentine Colony in Ottoman Constantinople (1453-1470)’, Medieval Encounters, [Forthcoming] Winter 2025; Franz Babinger, Mehmed the Conqueror and his Time, (Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992), Halil İnalcık, An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire 1300-1600, vol. 2 (Cambridge: Cambridge ...
