The Ottoman Turks
Constantinople
Constantinople was taken over by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire in 1453.
Byzantium
Constantinople
the aim of it was to reach the Turkish capital of constantinople and take i t over with british and austrailan troops
Kemal Attaturk. But many Europeans knew it is Constantinople for vmany years after the change. - I grew up with Constantinople in the 1950s.
Simple answer is. A-H wanted to expand east because she wanted to have direct links with Constantinople and further into the east where oil was.
The city has had three names over time. It's original name was Byzantium, became Constantinople, and is now known as Istanbul.
Constantinople was the Capital of Rome for over a 1000 Years.
Ball sack
Sultan Mehmet II, el-Fatih.