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Sultana Muhammad Fetih 1453 (transl. The Conquest 1453) is a 2012 Turkish epic action film directed by Faruk Aksoy and produced by him, Servet Aksoy and Ayşe Germen. Starring Devrim Evin, İbrahim Çelikkol and Dilek Serbest, the film is based on events surrounding the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks during the reign of Sultan Mehmed II.
Growth of the Ottoman Empire (1453–1550) (7) Mehmed II: 3 February 1451 – 3 May 1481 (30 years, 89 days) Second reign; Conquered Constantinople in 1453. Reigned until his death. 8 Bayezid II: 19 May 1481 – 25 April 1512 (30 years, 342 days) Son of Mehmed II and Gülbahar Hatun. [21] Abdicated. Died near Didymoteicho on 26 May 1512 ...
Mehmed II is recognized as the first sultan to codify criminal and constitutional law, long before Suleiman the Magnificent; he thus established the classical image of the autocratic Ottoman sultan. Mehmed's thirty-year rule and numerous wars expanded the Ottoman Empire to include Constantinople, the Turkish kingdoms and territories of Asia ...
Mehmed II uses the Basilica cannon to penetrate the Theodosian Walls. In a flashback to Mehmed's childhood, the narration goes back to when Murad II appoints his teenage son as the governor of the Amasya Province. Afterwards, Mehmed II starts with first reign of the Ottoman Empire at the age of 13—becoming the youngest king in Ottoman history.
The siege of Negroponte was fought between the forces of the Ottoman Empire, led by Sultan Mehmed II in person, and the garrison of the Venetian colony of Negroponte , the capital of the Venetian possession of Euboea in Central Greece. The Ottoman sultan Mehmed II laid siege to the fortress at Negroponte. It lasted for almost a month, and ...
Şehabeddin has been known as one of the "falcons" in the sultan's palace and an advocate of the aggressive expansionist Ottoman policy. Being hadim meant that he had access to the sultan's family which included his son known as Mehmed the Conqueror, in whom he might have planted the seed of thirst for expansion of the empire. [7]
Orban then left Constantinople and approached the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II, who was preparing to besiege the city. Claiming that his weapon could blast 'the walls of Babylon itself', Orban was given abundant funds and materials by the sultan.
Mosaic depicting Sultan Mehmed II (left) and Patriarch Gennadios II (right) After Mehmed II conquered Constantinople in 1453, the Ottoman sultans embraced the heritage and legacy of the Byzantine emperors and began fashioning themselves as their heirs [16] and intended to establish a state somewhat akin to the Byzantine Empire. [17]