Turkey celebrated on May 29 the 569th anniversary of the 1453 conquest of Istanbul by the Ottoman Turks: a historic event that marked the end of the thousand-year-old Byzantine Empire and the beginning of another empire that would claim to be its successor, the Ottoman Empire. This impressive drone-view video traces the route used by Sultan Mehmet II to transport 72 galleys overland to the Golden Horn estuary, during the final siege of ancient Constantinople.
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Pablo Gómez is a specialist in Turkey and has been editor-in-chief of Hispanatolia since 2011. He has been analysing current affairs and geopolitics in Turkey and the surrounding region since 2006.
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