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Hagia Sophia: At the mercy of…crony contractors, the adventures of the monument of Orthodoxy in Erdogan’s hands

The symbolic temple of Byzantine tradition is at the mercy of micro-political and geopolitical designs, from its conversion into a mosque to…trucks entering its interior

For the first time after 571 years, the 1st Grade of the Secondary School of the Great School of the Nation has no student

Founded eight months after the Fall of Constantinople – In September 1882 it had 731 children, in 1960 it had 450, today only 30 – Alarm bell for the shrinking of Hellenism in Constantinople

“Istanbul is ours forever,” says Erdogan on the occasion of the anniversary of the fall of Constantinople

The Conqueror was not only a great military commander and statesman, but also a brilliant scientist who was a pioneer in modern engineering, said

572 years since the Fall of Constantinople – The life, reign, and tragic end of Constantine Palaiologos

The end of Constantine Palaiologos How he became Emperor of Byzantium – The Ottoman siege of Constantinople and its fall – What happened to Constantine – The legend of the "Marble King" – Why was Constantine Palaiologos-Dragaš the 12th Constantine and not the 11th

29 May 1453: The Fall of Constantinople

A historic & sad day for Western civilization

“People come to touch the walls”: Fears for Constantinople’s crumbling Byzantine past

Turkish city’s pre-Ottoman heritage is falling away through lack of care or being obscured for political purposes

Today, 570 years ago The Fall of Constantinople changed the course of history

The Ottoman Turks breached the walls of the queen of cities

Erdogan’s provocative show for the Fall of Constantinople: “We will bury the modern Byzantines”

The provocative statements on the 569th anniversary - In front of the podium stood men in traditional military uniforms of the Ottoman period

Hagia Sophia: Erdogan’s kitsch show celebrating the Fall of Constantinople (video-photos)

In the video there is a bizarre appearance of both the Noah's Ark and of the the Ark of the Covenant for some surreal reason...

Discovering the tomb of the last Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Paleologos’ descendant (photo)

Tracing the Imperial bloodline

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