Mehmed ii early life
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Mehmed II
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. –, –)
"Fatih Sultan Mehmed" redirects here. For the bridge that spans the Bosphorus strait, see Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge.
Mehmed II (Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثانى, romanized:&#;Meḥmed-i s̱ānī; Turkish: II. Mehmet, pronounced[icinˈdʒiˈmehmet]; 30 March &#;&#; 3 May ), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror (Ottoman Turkish: ابو الفتح, romanized:&#;Ebū'l-fetḥ, lit.&#;'the Father of Conquest'; Turkish: Fâtih Sultan Mehmed), was twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from August to September and then later from February to May
In Mehmed II's first reign, he defeated the crusade led by John Hunyadi after the Hungarian incursions into his country broke the conditions of the truce per the Treaties of Edirne and Szeged. When Mehmed II ascended the throne again in , he strengthened the Ottoman Navy and made preparations to attack Constantinople. At the age of 21, he conquered Constantinople and brought an
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Mehmed the Conqueror facts for kids
Mehmed II or Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror (30 March – 3 May ) (Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثانى, Meḥmed-i s̠ānī; Turkish: II. Mehmet; also known as el-Fātiḥ, الفاتح, "the Conqueror" in Ottoman Turkish; in modern Turkish, Fatih Sultan Mehmet; also called Mahomet II in early modern Europe) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Rûm until the conquest) for a short time from to September , and later from February to At the age of 21, he conquered Constantinople and brought an end to the Byzantine Empire, absorbing its administrative apparatus into the Ottoman state. Mehmed continued his conquests in Asia, with the Anatolian reunification, and in europe, as far as Bosnia and Croatia. Mehmed II is regarded as a national hero in Turkey, and Istanbul's Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge is named after him.
Early reign
Mehmed II was born
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Mehmed II, also known as Muhammed bin Murad, Mehmed the Conqueror, and Fatih Sultan Mehmed (30 March - 3 May ), was an Ottoman sultan who ruled first for a short time from August to September and later from February to May At the age of 21, he conquered Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) and brought an end to the Byzantine Empire.
Mehmed continued his conquests in Anatolia with its reunification, and in Southeast Europe as far west as Bosnia. Being a highly regarded conqueror, Mehmed is considered a hero in modern-day Turkey and parts of the wider Muslim world. Mehmed II introduced the word Politics into Arabic "Siyasah" from a book he published and claimed to be the collection of Politics doctrines of the Byzantine Caesars before him. He gathered Italian artists, humanists, and Greek scholars at his court, allowed the Byzantine Church to continue functioning, and ordered the patriarch Gennadius to translate Christian doctrine into Turkish. He founded many mosques and