The Conquest of Constantinople

The Conquest of Constantinople
Directed by	Aydin Arakon
Starring	Sami Ayanoğlu
Running time	1h 35min
Country	Turkey
Language	Turkish

The Conquest of Constantinople (Turkish: İstanbul'un Fethi) is a 1951 Turkish adventure film directed by Aydın G. Arakon [tr].[1] It was the first film of the "Ottomans v. Byzantines" genre which became very popular in Turkey.[2] The film depicts the Fall of Constantinople (1453). It was shown in the United States in 1954.

Cast

• Sami Ayanoğlu – Mehmed II
• Resit Gürzap – Çandarlı Halil Pasha
• Cahit Irgat – Constantinos XI

See also

• List of Islamic films

References

1. Dönmez-Colin, G. (2013). The Routledge Dictionary of Turkish Cinema. Taylor & Francis. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-317-93726-5. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
2. Gürpınar, Doğan (2013). Ottoman/Turkish Visions of the Nation, 1860–1950. Springer. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-137-33421-3.

External links

• The Conquest of Constantinople at IMDb