As 29th May 1453 dawned, after a spectacular, two-month siege, Sultan Mehmed II’s troops entered Constantinople, putting an end to the millennial Byzantine Empire. As the world shook, Constantinople became the new capital of the Ottoman Empire.
Frédéric Hitzel, doctor of history, research director at the CNRS, Centre of Turkish, Ottoman Balkan and Central Asian Studies (CNRS-EHESS-PSL)
