The fall of Constantinople on May 29, 1453, marked the end of Byzantine rule and the beginning of a new era under Ottoman control. This event not only altered the political landscape but also had ...

John Julius Norwich tells the dramatic story of the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire, followed by the rise of the Ottoman Turks in the 15th Century. Using monuments in Istanbul to ...

With its strategic location on the Bosphorus peninsula between the Balkans and Bosphorus and the Mediterranean, Istanbul has been associated with major political, religious and artistic events for ...