2013 - 2015 OUR COMMON EUROPEAN ROOTS MEETINGS AND TOPICS 3rd project meeting – 23rd – 28th March 2014 at Özel Çağ Koleji, Mersin, Tarsus, Turkey Topic : “Historical roots: in search of the history that unites us. Great social events”.

2. The conquest of Istanbul was a big deal for both
Turkish and world histories.
The importance of this event in the Turkish history
was that the Ottoman Empire had defeated all the
obstacles on their way to the Balkans. This very
event happened on 29th May 1453.

3. The Ottoman Empire sieged Istanbul- the
city which had a very huge strategical
importance- in 1299 but they couldn’t
succeed.

4. Then Sultan Mehmed, who
knew the importance of
Istanbul very well, came up
with a new attack idea.

5. On 11th April his army had
finished the siege and started
to fire.

6. During
the
siege
Army
started
to fire

7. After the fire that
lasted 20 days, the
army still couldn’t
obtain a result. Then,
in one night, 70 ships
were taken over the
land on wooden rails
by the people who had
been charged for this
by the II. Mehmed
who thought sieging
the city from the sea.

8. And finally they decided
to start a general attack
on 29th May.

9. After a big war that ended most people
lives eventually in May 1453 Istanbul
was conquered by Fatih Sultan Mehmet.

11. With the conquest of İstanbul the Middle
Age ended and the New Age started.