Homer's Iliad was among the books in his library, and Ptolemy's ancient world map is believed ... to come. The conquest of the city is the best-known victory of Mehmed II, but in subsequent ...

Istanbul, a cosmopolitan city, was besieged 28 times throughout history before its conquest in 1453 by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II. In recognition of his victory, the 21-year-old ruler was thereafter ...

In a statement to mark the anniversary of the conquest by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: “Istanbul, which had been a capital for different states and cultures since its ...