Mehmed II, known as "The Conqueror," transformed the Ottoman Empire into a dominant Muslim superpower through military genius, administrative reform, and the monumental conquest of Constantinople.

Rise of Empires: Ottoman on Netflix uses bloody battles and steamy harem scenes to tell the story of Mehmed II's conquest of Constantiople, but lacks Dracula. It's fun, but could use way more Dracula.

ISTANBUL. Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, who was commemorated on the 542nd anniversary of his passing on Wednesday, is among the greatest leaders of history as a military genius, great ...

Following the Fall of Constantinople and the conquest of Trebizond and Morea, the Ottoman Empire faced fierce resistance in the Balkans. In 1462, Vlad Tepes of Wallachia defied Sultan Mehmed II with a ...

The Last Days of the Ottoman empire: 1918-1922. By Ryan Gingeras. Allen Lane; 368 pages; $47.95 and £30. A s it turned out, more than six centuries of Ottoman rule ended with a whimper rather ...

The pattern was repeated at the second Ottoman capital in Edirne, and then at Constantinople (today’s Istanbul, captured in 1453 by a mixed Muslim-Christian army under Mehmet the Conqueror ...

Yes, she notes, Ottoman rulers such as Süleyman the Magnificent or Mehmet III could take a ruthless approach to dynastic politics — murdering sons and relatives — but this was seemingly ...

Years after conquering Constantinople, Sultan Mehmed II consolidates power, but a merciless ruler in Wallachia threatens to bring down his empire Rise of Empires: Ottoman Mehmed vs. Vlad aired on ...

A chronology of key events: 1453 - Sultan Mehmed II captures Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire and consolidating Ottoman Empire in Asia Minor and Balkans. 15th-16th Centuries - The ...

Mehmet Cetin/Alamy. Five things you need to know about the Ottoman empire ... The Ottoman empire lasted almost 600 years, from the early 1300s until the aftermath of the first world war.