The story of Constantinople’s fall is not merely about siege towers and cannon fire. It is about how a man chose to die with his people and how a people chose to fight rather than submit. Further, it ...

This is the story of Constantinople’s fall, how Europe’s richest city fell to the Turks and became known as Istanbul: the story of the Great Siege of 1453. When history's greatest ...

The Turks entered Constantinople one hour after midnight, May 29, 1453. The Greeks fled in defeat, and spread consternation everywhere through the city. In a moment the streets were filled with a ...

But in 1453, when Ottoman sultan Mehmed II (a.k.a. Mehmed the Conqueror) captured Constantinople, his victory paved the way for the Ottoman Empire, which would last until 1922.

Constantinople. The City of the World’s Desire. The largest city in Christendom for nearly a thousand years. Surprisingly few remember this grand city, capital of two of history’s greatest ...

He'll be covering those events 100 years after they occurred. This is the 90th installment in the series. October 28, 1913: Showdown in Constantinople: The Liman Von Sanders Affair ...

Constantinople began to plummet as word was received that no aid would come from Venice. In addition, a series of omens, including a thick, unexpected fog that blanketed the city on May 26, convinced ...

When the Ottomans, led by Sultan Mehmed II, captured Constantinople on May 29, 1453, bringing an end to the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantine Empire, they virtually controlled all the territories that ...

On this day many years ago, Constantinople was renamed İstanbul. To celebrate, let's look at some other historic city name changes. 28 March 1930: Istanbul (Not Constantinople) ...