OTTOMAN EMPIRE (1299-1st NOVEMBER, 1922) OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN SULTAN MEHMET, THE CONQUEROR AGE Their aim was to spread Islam all over the world! SULTAN FATİH MEHMET HAN bin SULTAN MURAT HAN BİRTH: on 29th March, 1432 in Edirne DEATH: on 3rd May, 1481 in Gebze FATHER’S NAME: Sultan Murad 1st MOTHER’S NAME: Hûma Hatun Sultan Murad 1st •He was sent to Manisa with his mother when he was 9. •He learned Arabic, Persian, Latinian and Greek. •He was educated by Molla Gürani and Molla Hüsrev. •He was very interested in History and Mythology. •His dream was to conquer Constaninapole one day. •Sultan Murad 1st called him to Edirne to be Sultan but he was sent back to Manisa because of the Varna War. This miniature picture symbolises to he goes to Manisa •He became Sultan when his father was dead •He started to work on The Conquest of Istanbul •He made pacts with Karamanoğlu and Venice •It took two year to be ready for the conquest •When he was 21, everything was ready for the sacred conquest This miniature picture symbolises being sultan ceremony of him •He conquest Treibzond(1461) and Crimea(1471) •As a result of these conquests; the Black Sea became a Turkish lake. •He defeated Uzun Hasan who was the leader of Akkoyunlus •He conquered many place in the East of Europe such as Bosnia, Herzogevina, Peloponnesus, Dalmatians, Greece and Otranto(Italy) City of Treibzond •Totally; He conquered 2 empiers(Byzantine and Treibzond), 14 country and 200 cities •That is why he is the Conqueror Crimea MISCARRIAGES OF HIM The two unsuccessful attacks of him were Rhode Island Siege and Belgrade Siege The Rhode Island Siege in 1480 The Belgrade Siege •He died on 3rd May, 1481 in Gebze while he was going to another fight •It was not known which country was it. Italy or Egypt? WHAT DID HE DO TO PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRIES THAT HE CONQUERED? He give permission them to •Stay in their own cities •Live in the city where they want •Choose the job what they want •Stay in their own religion •Choose their own religious leader •Have demesne NOW, WE ASK YOU: WAS HE A DICTATOR? OR A JUSTICE EMPEROR? Prepared by Ekmel SARPAŞAR and Yavuz ULUSOY