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The conquest of Constantinople, which Europe has not forgotten to this day
May 29, 1453: It is half past midnight. From the walls and domes of one of the oldest and greatest cities in the world, the yellow moon of the 19th lunar history is rushing towards the west as if it is in danger.
In the dim light of the setting moon, viewers can see the armies gathering outside the city walls in an orderly manner. They feel that they are at a turning point in history.
Ottoman army is preparing to make a final attack outside the walls
The city is Constantinople (now Istanbul) and the Ottoman army is preparing to make a final attack outside the walls. 47 days have passed since the Ottoman artillery shelled the city. The commanders inflicted heavy damage on the wall, focusing on three locations in particular.
The 21-year-old Ottoman Sultan Muhammad II unexpectedly reached the front lines of his army. They have decided that the final invasion will be from the central part of the wall called the ‘Meso Tequin’, which has at least nine cracks and a large part of the trench has been dug.
Wearing a heavy turban and a golden cloak, the Sultan addressed his soldiers in Turkish: ‘My friends and children, go ahead, it is time to prove yourself!’
The noise of trumpets, horns, drums and seagulls silenced the silence of the night
At the same time, the noise of trumpets, horns, drums and seagulls silenced the silence of the night, but even in this ear-splitting noise, the sky-rocketing slogans of the Ottoman troops could be clearly heard who attacked the weak parts of the wall. spoken. Cannons mounted on ships on land on the one hand and at sea on the other began to fire.
Byzantine soldiers were standing on the walls ready for the attack. But the siege of the last month and a half had demoralized him and broken his nerves. Many civilians also rushed to the walls for help, picking up stones and throwing them at the assailants who had gathered below. Others run to their nearest church and start chanting. The clergy began ringing the bells of various churches in the city with all their might, waking up those who were still asleep.
Christians from all denominations came together
Christians from all denominations came together, forgetting their centuries-old differences, and a large number of them gathered in the city’s largest and holiest church, the Hagia Sophia.
The defense forces desperately tried to stop the Ottoman invasion. But the Italian physician Niccolo Barbero, who was in town that day, wrote that the attackers, dressed in white turbans, were attacking the Janissaries like “liverless lions” and that their slogans and drums sounded as if they had nothing to do with the world. Yes. ‘
Turkish soldiers had reached the top of the wall
By daybreak, Turkish soldiers had reached the top of the wall. Most of the defense forces had been killed and their commander, Giovanni Justiniani, had been seriously wounded and left the battlefield.
When the first rays of the sun appeared from the east, he saw a Turkish soldier unfurling a Byzantine flag over the Kirkuporta gate and waving an Ottoman flag in its place.
Sultan Muhammad arrived in Hajia Sofia on a white horse with his ministers and elders
Sultan Muhammad arrived in Hajia Sofia on a white horse with his ministers and elders. As the president approached the door, he dismounted and took a handful of dust from the street and put it on his turban. Tears welled up in the eyes of his colleagues.
After seven hundred years of struggle, the Muslims finally succeeded in conquering Constantinople.
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