Constantinople / Istanbul

Footage of magnificent cities as they were a century ago - a thread

1. Constantinople (Istanbul) capital of the Ottoman Empire, 1905🇹🇷

The fall of Constantinople

Words are less.Sultan Mehmed Fatih was 21 years old when he conquered constantinople and it was prophesied by Prophet Muhammadﷺ and said about it that'What a wonderful army will that army be, and what a wonderful commander will that conqueror be.

#Constantinople #hagiaSophia

👉🏻 📍 Yollar hep sana çıkar İstanbul…

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Bir yolcu lazım kendini arayan

Bir hancı varsa yolcuları ağırlayan

Bir aşk lazım yola koyduran
01/05/2024

#Mevlanâ #balat #goldenhorn #1mayıs
#constantinople #istanbul #Church

Minas Tirith, Viyana değil Constantinople. Bu yakıştırmayı bizzat Tolkien'in kendisi yapıyor. Orklar, Araplar, Persler ve Türkleri kapsayacak şekilde doğulu ötekiyi temsil ediyor.

Tolkien hikayenin sonunu tarihte yaşanın aksine değiştirerek 'mutlu sonla' bitiriyor kendine göre.

Today in #history : Mehmed II (Mehmed the Conqueror) dies. (1481 CE). #OnThisDay

👑 His conquests consolidated Ottoman rule in Anatolia and the Balkans, and he most famously triumphed in conquering the prized city of Constantinople, transforming it into the administrative…

The Golden Horn, Galata Bridge, Constantinople, by Hermann David Salomon Corrodi (1844-1905)

Or #Constantinople

The helmet of Sultan Mehmet Fatih, who conquered Constantinople at the age of 21, ending the Byzantine Empire.

Topkapi Museum

Boris I, in his thirties, in Constantinople.

Constantinople, city of desire,
Where East and West in splendor conspire.
Across the Bosphorus, tales unfurl,
A mosaic of worlds in one vibrant pearl.

“Lament for Constantinople”

Manuel Komnenos was the most powerful Roman Emperor of the 12th century. But 24 years after his death Constantinople was sacked by the Fourth Crusade.

Manuel increased Western expectations of the Romans and left many unsolved problems behind.

Does he share any of the blame?

Not Mumbai or Kolkata!

Footage of Constantinople (Istanbul), a century ago❤️

I’m Turkish & it’s our Mosque now, not yours.

Constantinople been ours since 1453.

Low testosterone Christians cope.

Living Descendants of the House of Osman - Royal House of the Ottoman Sultans including Mehmed the Conqueror of Constantinople and Suleiman the Magnificent