https://vlad-tepes.autos/tags/ottoman/Recent content in Ottoman on Histories ArchiveHugoen-usWed, 05 Aug 2026 20:19:00 +0330https://vlad-tepes.autos/posts/the-fall-of-constantinople-1453/Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:19:00 +0330https://vlad-tepes.autos/posts/the-fall-of-constantinople-1453/<p>The <strong>Fall of Constantinople</strong> occurred on <strong>29 May 1453</strong>, when the Ottoman army under <strong>Sultan Mehmed II</strong> captured Constantinople, the capital of the <strong>Byzantine Empire</strong>. The conquest ended the Byzantine Empire after more than a thousand years of existence and established the Ottoman Empire as the dominant power in southeastern Europe and the eastern Mediterranean.</p> <p>The event is one of the most significant turning points in medieval history.</p> <h2 id="background">Background</h2> <p>Constantinople had been founded by the Roman Emperor <strong>Constantine the Great</strong> in <strong>330 CE</strong> on the site of the ancient Greek city of Byzantium.</p>