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Mehmed the Conqueror

1432 - 1481

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Mehmed II (Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثانى, romanized: Meḥmed-i s̱ānī; Turkish: II. Mehmed, pronounced [icinˈdʒi ˈmehmet]; 30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror (Ottoman Turkish: ابو الفتح, romanized: Ebū'l-fetḥ, lit. 'the Father of Conquest'; Turkish: Fâtih Sultan Mehmed), was twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from August 1444 to September 1446 and then later from February 1451 to May 1481. In Mehmed II's first reign, he defeated the crusade led by John Hunyadi after the Hungarian incursions into his country broke the conditions of the truce per the Treaties of Edirne and Szeged. When Mehmed II ascended the throne again in 1451, he strengthened the Ottoman Navy and made preparations to attack Constantinople. At the age of 21, he conquered Constantinople and brought an end to the Byzantine Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mehmed the Conqueror is the 31st most popular politician (up from 76th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 10th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Turkish Politician.

Mehmed the Conqueror is most famous for his conquest of Constantinople in 1453, which ended the Byzantine Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mehmed the Conqueror ranks 31 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles I of England, Charlemagne, George V, James VI and I, Commodus, and Edward VI of England. After him are Huang Xianfan, William McKinley, Umar, Edward VIII, Ulysses S. Grant, and George III of the United Kingdom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1432, Mehmed the Conqueror ranks 1. After him are Pope Innocent VIII, Afonso V of Portugal, Alvise Cadamosto, Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia, Isabel of Coimbra, Bartolomeo Vivarini, Ahmad ibn Mājid, Hōjō Sōun, Luigi Pulci, and Christina Abrahamsdotter. Among people deceased in 1481, Mehmed the Conqueror ranks 1. After him are Christian I of Denmark, Afonso V of Portugal, Lekë Dukagjini, Ikkyū, Axayacatl, Bartolomeo Platina, Agostino di Duccio, Charles IV of Anjou, Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua, Francesco Filelfo, and Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Mehmed the Conqueror ranks 4 out of 1,347. Before him are Suleiman the Magnificent (1494), Paul the Apostle (5), and Herodotus (-484). After him are Thales of Miletus (-623), Heraclitus (-535), Diogenes (-404), Saint Nicholas (270), Saint George (280), Osman I (1254), Hesiod (-800), and Julian (331).

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Among POLITICIANS In Türkiye

Among politicians born in Türkiye, Mehmed the Conqueror ranks 2. Before him are Suleiman the Magnificent (1494). After him are Osman I (1254), Julian (331), Selim II (1524), Basil II (958), Selim I (1470), Murad II (1404), Murad III (1546), Ahmed I (1590), Honorius (384), and Bayezid I (1354).

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