For those friends still missing Constantinople,
Istanbul is well and healthy, we are looking after it carefully.. Do not hesitate visiting.. That culture melting-pot city has no equivalent in the whole world.
After all, all empires die somehow. So did the Byzantium. I personally am proud of the Ottoman Empire but not missing it in sorrow..
Byzantian Prince, The picture seems pretty beautiful. Can you drop us a link if there is a wider version is online ?
King Henry V, no evil ever happened after the fall of Istanbul.
You can guess the historical reasons behind the conquest of such a strategic city. But there is another reason that the conquest of Istanbul was important :God, why did the Truks have to do that?
Hz. Muhammed - the Islamic prophet, had promised his praise upon the one to conquer Istanbul. Ottoman Empire was always a religious empire, since its founder Osman Beg, so such an attempt was unavoidable.
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