Istanbul, formerly Constantinople, is a Greek name, too, deriving from the Greek phrase "Is tin poli," meaning "to the city." ...

The fall of Constantinople, on May 29,1453 was the final phase of the Byzantine-Ottoman Wars and the darkest page in Greek ...

On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years old but determined to see through his father’s dream of capturing the ...

Historians have chosen the year of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans, 1453, as a reference point to mark the end of ...

Five different sets of walls have been built around the city of Constantinople, the most important of which was the last, built under the reign of Theodosius II, who came to power in 408 AD. Also ...

Constantinople, the magnificent capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II ...

Constantinople had been unsuccessfully besieged ... On August 15, Maslama was at the city walls, laying siege to it with various engines of war; the navy arrived two weeks later, on September ...

Richard Fidler's son, Joe, visits the final stretch of the Walls of Constantinople.(ABC/Richard Fidler) The city was almost supernaturally beautiful. Visitors from western Europe could find ...

But if not for this turning point in the final attack on Constantinople ... defend the city against this new form of attack, constantly using his knights to repair the wall which in turn ...