The Golden Horn Gambit: Mehmed II and the Siege That Changed History

On May 29, 1453, the seemingly impregnable walls of Constantinople, the last bastion of the Byzantine Empire, crumbled under the relentless siege of the Ottoman forces led by Sultan Mehmed II. The city's formidable defences, including the legendary Theodosian Walls, were no match for Mehmed's revolutionary use of artillery and meticulous strategies.