Istanbul
Led by Mehmed II, Ottoman Turks captured the city in 1453. After that, it became part of the Ottoman Empire.
NO. The Ottomans captured Jerusalem from the Mamluks in 1517. The major city that the Ottomans conquered in 1453 was Constantinople, which was taken from the Byzantine Empire.
The Ottoman Turks defeated the Byzantine Empire in 1453.
Η Οθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία κατέκτησε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1453, νικώντας την Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία. Οι Οθωμανοί Τούρκοι κατέλαβαν την Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1453.
Osman became the first independent Ottoman ruler in 1299; Constantinople was taken in 1453. So the answer would be 154 years.
Istanbul
Istanbul
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Constantinople
Led by Mehmed II, Ottoman Turks captured the city in 1453. After that, it became part of the Ottoman Empire.
NO. The Ottomans captured Jerusalem from the Mamluks in 1517. The major city that the Ottomans conquered in 1453 was Constantinople, which was taken from the Byzantine Empire.
It was renamed Istanbul (meaning 'to the city') in 1930.
The Ottoman Turks defeated the Byzantine Empire in 1453.
Η Οθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία κατέκτησε στην Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1453, νικώντας την Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία. Οι Οθωμανοί Τούρκοι κατέλαβαν την Κωνσταντινούπολη το 1453.
Byzantium
Constantinople was conquered by the Ottomans in 1453. It marked the fall of the Roman Empire, with the loss of the 'Second Rome'.
The Ottomans began their final siege of the city of Constantinople on 2 April 1453, attacking in waves. On 29 May 1453 the Ottomans, under the command of Sultan Mehmed II, conquered Constantinople. The city was renamed Istanbul, and it remained capital of the Ottoman Empire until the empire's dissolution in 1922.