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Fall of Constantinople

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May 29

Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Now it’s a Turkish delight on a moonlit night… Why did Constantinople get the works? That’s nobody’s business but the Turks.

[published May 29, 2008]

555 years ago today a young soldier by name of Hasan from the small town of Ulubat in what is now Bursa province, Turkey, changed the history of the world.

Hasan was a member of …Read more