will leave for Constantinople next Saturday, January 4, as a member of the American Commission on Relief and Reconstruction in the Near East. The chairman of the commission is the Reverend Dr ...

The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered impregnable, faced the formidable forces of the Ottoman Empire led by Sultan Mehmed II.

On 6 April 1453, the Siege of Constantinople began under the command of Mehmed II, an Ottoman sultan who was just 21 years old but determined to see through his father’s dream of capturing the ...