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    Mehmed II (Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثانى, romanized: Meḥmed-i s̱ānī; Turkish: II. Mehmet, pronounced [icinˈdʒi ˈmehmet]; 30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481), commonly...
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    The Portrait of Mehmet II is a painting by the Venetian artist Gentile Bellini, depicting the Ottoman sultan, Mehmet the Conqueror, now in the National...
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    Nasiraeddin Mehmed II of Karaman, also Mehmed Beg (Turkish: Mehmet Bey), Mehmed Beg II or Nasir al-Din Mehmed Beg (1379 - 1423) was the Bey ruler of Karaman...
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    Mehmet Ali Ağca (Turkish pronunciation: [mehˈmet ɑˈli ˈɑːdʒɑ]; born 9 January 1958) is a Turkish hitman and former member of the Grey Wolves. He murdered...
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  • II 1421-1451 Mehmet II (Fatih) 1451-1481 Selim I (Yavuz) 1512-1520 Süleyman I (Kanuni) 1520-1566 Mehmet III 1595-1603 Osman II 1618-1622 Mustafa II 1695-1703...
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  • Protestants also obtained their own millets in 1831 and 1850 respectively. Mehmet II separated the Armenian millet from the Greek Orthodox millet because of...
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    Mehmet Tobias Scholl (born Mehmet Tobias Yüksel; 16 October 1970) is a German football manager and former player. He played most of his career as an attacking...
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    Mehmet Cengiz Öz (/məˈmɛt ˈdʒɛŋɡɪz ɒz/ meh-MET JENG-gihz oz; Turkish: [mehˈmet dʒeɲˈɟiz øz]; born June 11, 1960), also known as Dr. Oz (/ɒz/), is an American...
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  • Sayd', a grandson of Cem (1459–1496, the renegade son of Turkish Sultan Mehmet II) settled in Malta and became the ancestor of all Maltese bearing the surname...
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  • history of the Ottoman conquest of the Eastern Roman Empire under Sultan Mehmet II. Critobulus' work, along with the writings of Doukas, Laonicus Chalcondyles...
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    Gennadius II of Constantinople (Greek: Γεννάδιος; lay name: Γεώργιος Κουρτέσιος Σχολάριος, Georgios Kourtesios Scholarios; c. 1400 – c. 1472) was a Byzantine...
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    publisher (link) Freely, John (28 February 2009). The Grand Turk: Sultan Mehmet II - Conqueror of Constantinople, Master of an Empire and Lord of Two Seas...
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  • Mehmet of Karaman may mean: Mehmet I of Karaman (reigned 1261–1277), bey of Karamanid Principality Mehmet II of Karaman (reigned 1402–1423), bey of Karamanid...
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    Karaman Bey's two brothers. After Karaman Bey died in 1262, his older son, Mehmet I of Karaman, became the head of the house. He immediately negotiated alliances...
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    allowed into the Ottoman imperial court. Radu later participated alongside Mehmet II, now Sultan, in the Ottoman siege which eventually led to the Fall of...
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    Pope did his best: he addressed an eloquent letter to the Ottoman ruler, Mehmet II, urging him to become a Christian. The pope even suggested that if Mehmed...
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  • Portrait of Mehmed II Smelling a Rose (ca. 1480-81) The painting Portrait of Mehmed II Smelling a Rose was created based on Portrait of Mehmet II (ca. 1480) by...
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  • added to Mehmed's harem as his child sex slave. Critobulus confirms that Mehmet II took slaves during the fall of Constantinople and noted that: "As for...
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    a much less famous but far more definitive conclusion at the hands of Mehmet II and the Ottoman Empire in the year 1453. Its expert military and diplomatic...
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    Costanzo da Ferrara (category Mehmed II)
    Constantinople, capital of the Ottoman Empire, to make a portrait of the sultan Mehmet II. Diplomatic relations were restored with the Ottoman Empire after the...
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  • after defeating the Moldavian armies in the Battle of Valea Albă, Sultan Mehmet II of the Ottoman Empire compelled Moldavian voivode Ștefan cel Mare to retreat...
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  • by Mehmet II capture the capitol of the Empire of Trebizond, ending that empire. 1462 The Night Attack 17 June – Vlad III Dracula attacks Mehmet II. Battle...
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    campaigns personally led by Mehmed II (30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481) (Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثانى, Meḥmed-i s̠ānī; Turkish: II. Mehmet; also known as el-Fātiḥ, الفاتح...
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  • Karamani Mehmet Pasha (died 4 May 1481) was an Ottoman statesman who served as Grand Vizier from 1477 to 1481. Karamani was born in Konya and was a descendant...
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    evacuate after the death of Mehmet II). 1481 May 3 Mehmed II dies. Bayezid II ascended to the throne. 1481 Sultan Cem and Bayezid II has experienced a struggle...
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    Forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina). It was named after the Ottoman sultan Mehmet II, the conqueror of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The command, which used the...
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    confused with the better known Mimar Sinan) is said to have persuaded Sultan Mehmet II to allow it to continue providing services for the Greek population and...
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  • ISBN 978-0-571-25079-0. Freely, John (February 28, 2009). The Grand Turk: Sultan Mehmet II - Conqueror of Constantinople, Master of an Empire and Lord of Two Seas...
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    complex, was gradually abandoned in favour of the Blachernae Palace. When Mehmet II, the Ottoman emperor, entered the city in 1453, it was noted that the...
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  • representative, though without political persona. When the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II decided to give such dialogue a more formal nature, the logical choice...
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