ISTANBUL, TURKEY – MAY 28: Historic images are projected on the wall of Halic Congress Center during the celebration of the 564th anniversary of Istanbul’s conquest by the Ottomans, in Istanbul, Turkey on May 28, 2017. ( Erhan Elaldı – Anadolu Agency )
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – MAY 28: Fireworks and light show during the celebration of the 564th anniversary of Istanbul’s conquest by the Ottomans on the shore of Halic Congress Center in Istanbul, Turkey on May 28, 2017. On May 29, 1453, Sultan Mehmed II conquered Istanbul, then called Constantinople, from where the Byzantines had ruled the Eastern Roman Empire for more than 1,000 years. The conquest transformed the city, once the heart of the Byzantine realm, into the capital of the new Ottoman Empire. ( Erhan Elaldı – Anadolu Agency )
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – MAY 28: Fireworks and light show during the celebration of the 564th anniversary of Istanbul’s conquest by the Ottomans on the shore of Halic Congress Center in Istanbul, Turkey on May 28, 2017. On May 29, 1453, Sultan Mehmed II conquered Istanbul, then called Constantinople, from where the Byzantines had ruled the Eastern Roman Empire for more than 1,000 years. The conquest transformed the city, once the heart of the Byzantine realm, into the capital of the new Ottoman Empire. ( Erhan Elaldı – Anadolu Agency )
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – MAY 28: Fireworks and light show during the celebration of the 564th anniversary of Istanbul’s conquest by the Ottomans on the shore of Halic Congress Center in Istanbul, Turkey on May 28, 2017. On May 29, 1453, Sultan Mehmed II conquered Istanbul, then called Constantinople, from where the Byzantines had ruled the Eastern Roman Empire for more than 1,000 years. The conquest transformed the city, once the heart of the Byzantine realm, into the capital of the new Ottoman Empire. ( Erhan Elaldı – Anadolu Agency )
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – MAY 28: Fireworks and light show during the celebration of the 564th anniversary of Istanbul’s conquest by the Ottomans on the shore of Halic Congress Center in Istanbul, Turkey on May 28, 2017. On May 29, 1453, Sultan Mehmed II conquered Istanbul, then called Constantinople, from where the Byzantines had ruled the Eastern Roman Empire for more than 1,000 years. The conquest transformed the city, once the heart of the Byzantine realm, into the capital of the new Ottoman Empire. ( Erhan Elaldı – Anadolu Agency )
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – MAY 28: Fireworks and light show during the celebration of the 564th anniversary of Istanbul’s conquest by the Ottomans on the shore of Halic Congress Center in Istanbul, Turkey on May 28, 2017. On May 29, 1453, Sultan Mehmed II conquered Istanbul, then called Constantinople, from where the Byzantines had ruled the Eastern Roman Empire for more than 1,000 years. The conquest transformed the city, once the heart of the Byzantine realm, into the capital of the new Ottoman Empire. ( Erhan Elaldı – Anadolu Agency )
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – MAY 28: Fireworks and light show during the celebration of the 564th anniversary of Istanbul’s conquest by the Ottomans on the shore of Halic Congress Center in Istanbul, Turkey on May 28, 2017. On May 29, 1453, Sultan Mehmed II conquered Istanbul, then called Constantinople, from where the Byzantines had ruled the Eastern Roman Empire for more than 1,000 years. The conquest transformed the city, once the heart of the Byzantine realm, into the capital of the new Ottoman Empire. ( Erhan Elaldı – Anadolu Agency )