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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