Mehmed II, the Ottoman sultan who conquered Constantinople…
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Mehmed II, the Ottoman sultan who conquered Constantinople in 1453, believed that Turks are descendants of ancient Trojans. After the conquest of Constantinople he expressed disappointment and bafflement at Western Christians not respecting his "right" to avenge fall of Troy on Greeks.
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Centuries later, revenge was also taken in Gallipoli by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The Çanakkale (Dardanelles) naval and land battles, in which more than 250,000 people died.
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The British and French suffered a defeat that Hollywood didn't want to see. Hundreds of films should have been made about it by now. There's only one film, "Gallipoli," starring Mel Gibson, which tells the story of the ANZACs. It doesn't tell the Turkish side...
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