On Tuesday morning, 20 Jumada al-Ulaa, 857H; may 29, 1453AD, the Ottoman sultan, Mohammed Alfateh launched his last attack to conquer constantinople, after a siege that lasted more than 50 days. When ...

Considering it took place some 500 years ago, the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 feels like it happened only yesterday -- at least in Istanbul. In recent years, an Ottoman history magazine ...

The Byzantine Empire considered itself to be the caretaker of the Christian religion. The emperor was chosen by God and God had chosen the empire as the wheel to spread Christianity. Christianity was ...

On the occasion of the 564th year of the conquest of İstanbul by the Ottoman Empire from the Byzantine Empire, a parade has been organized in the construction area of the third airport of İstanbul ...

On May 29, 1453, Ottoman forces, under the leadership of Mehmet II, concluded their long and bloody siege of Constantinople by storming the city and overtaking it. According to Crowley, who works in ...

People walk past an advertisement for "Conquest 1453" displayed in snow outside a cinema in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012. Turkey is on a roll these days, uplifted by economic growth and ...

ISTANBUL -- After the formation of the Turkish secular state on the ruins of the Ottoman Empire, reference to the country's imperial era was generally frowned upon. But the days of Turkey ignoring its ...

‘Rise and revival’ are the themes which will mark Istanbul’s upcoming celebration of the 562nd anniversary of its conquest by the Ottomans. The city has moved its annual celebration for the first time ...

[ISTANBUL] Turkey on Sunday marked the 563rd anniversary of the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul with huge parties and a fireworks show in the former Byzantine imperial capital once known as ...

Turkey is on a roll these days, uplifted by economic growth and regional diplomacy; now comes an epic about the 15th century fall of Constantinople that fuses national pride with Hollywood-style ...