Constantinople, an empty symbol ...
(...) The Constantinople that Fatih Sultan Mehmed II conquered on 29 May 1453 was far cry from the imperial capital that it had been at the height of its glory. The city was only an empty symbol (...) During the nearly two centuries before Fatih Sultan Mehmed’s coup de grace, there were several attempts by the Ottomans to take Constantinople, as the Ottoman Turks expanded their influence and territory. Constantinople, an empty symbol Hürriyet Daily News Niki Gamm The Ottoman Turkish conquest of Constantinople was mostly symbolic, since they already controlled almost all of the land, practically right up to the city walls. It was only a matter of ‘when,’ not ‘if’ Fetih 1453 is the latest historical blockbuster to hit the Turkish cinema screens. In it, the Ottoman Turks conquer Constantinople, Constantinopolis, the city of Constantine, the capital of the no-longer-in-existence Eastern Roman Empire. Although the Roman Empire in the...