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This is a list of campaigns personally led by Mehmed II (30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481) (Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثانى, Meḥmed-i s̠ānī; Turkish: II.Mehmet; also known as el-Fātiḥ, الفاتح, "the Conqueror" in Ottoman Turkish; in modern Turkish, Fatih Sultan Mehmet; also called Mahomet II in early modern Europe) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire twice, first for a short time from ...
The siege of Sebinkarahisar, is a siege that Mehmed II made upon his return from the Otlukbeli Campaign against Aq Qoyunlu's forces. Mehmed II, who returned victorious from his campaign against Aq Qoyunlu ruler Uzun Hasan in the east in 1473, came to Sebinkarahisar on 24 August and besieged the castle. After the Aq Qoyunlu army suffered a great ...
Mehmed stripped Baltoghlu of his wealth and property and gave it to the janissaries and ordered him to be whipped 100 times. [33] Mehmed ordered the construction of a road of greased logs across Galata on the north side of the Golden Horn and dragged his ships over the hill, directly into the Golden Horn on 22 April, bypassing the chain barrier ...
This gave Uzun Hasan a chance to interfere. In 1472, the Akkoyunlu army invaded and raided most of Anatolia (this was the reason behind the Battle of Otlukbeli in 1473). But then Mehmed led a successful campaign against Uzun Hasan in 1473 that resulted in the decisive victory of the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Otlukbeli. Before that, Pir ...
After this incident, Uzun Hasan and his forces disappeared again. That's why Mehmed headed towards Bayburt and although he traveled for 6 days, he did not receive any news from Uzun Hasan. However, on the seventh day, Wednesday, August 11, 1473, they came to a place called Three Mouths around Tercan. This place was narrow and difficult to pass.
Sultan Selim assigned Bıyıklı Mehmed Pasha with the task of conquering Bayburt. [103] Bıyıkli Mehmed Pasha conquered Bayburt which was defended by a Qizilbash Safavid chief, Kara Maksud. [104] [105] The attitude of Mehmet Pasha cause some of the guards around Kiği to be afraid, this area was also captured. [103] 1515 Siege of Kemah ...
The envoy also tried to settle for a truce between Mehmed and Skanderbeg, but the latter responded that he would only accept if Svetigrad and Berat, which had been lost in 1448 and 1450 respectively, were restored to his state. [88] Seeing that Mehmed would not accept such terms, Skanderbeg strengthened his garrisons in the area around ...
Mehmed II: Kingdom of Hungary-Serbian Despotate: Matthias Corvinus: 1461 Koyulhisar Mehmed II: Aq Qoyunlu: Yusufca Mirza 1462 Târgoviște: Mehmed II: Wallachia: Vlad Dracul: 1463 Kljuc: Mehmed II: Kingdom of Hungary-Kingdom of Bosnia: Stephen Tomasevic: 1464 Zvornik: Mehmed II: Kingdom of Hungary: Matthias Corvinus: 11 August 1473 Otlukbeli ...