In 1453, the Ottomans seized Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire and the life of its last emperor, Constantine ...

Constantinople fell, and Emperor Constantine XI’s sacrifice marked the end of an era and a legacy of faith and defiance.

Constantinople, the magnificent capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II ...

The Conqueror was not only a great military commander and statesman, but also a brilliant scientist who was a pioneer in ...

The true story of Byzantium's fall reveals a legacy betrayed by the West, misunderstood by the Left, and weaponised by the ...

This is the story of Constantinople’s fall, how Europe’s richest city fell to the Turks and became known as Istanbul: the ...

Mehmet the Conqueror was only 21 years old when he ... his eyes were fixed on the conquest of Constantinople, then the Byzantine capital, and immediately launched preparations for the coming ...

On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years old but determined to see through his father’s dream of capturing the ...

But in 1453, when Ottoman sultan Mehmed II (a.k.a. Mehmed the Conqueror) captured Constantinople, his victory paved the way for the Ottoman Empire, which would last until 1922. To suggest to the ...