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1. Constantinople

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   The fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman forces under Sultan Mehmed II occurred in 1453. The city, renamed Istanbul by some sources, though officially retaining its imperial titles for administrative continuity, became the new seat of the Ottoman Sultanate.
   The Ottomans immediately undertook efforts to revitalize the depopulated metropolis. Sultan Mehmed II mandated the resettlement of populations from across the empire. Architecturally, the city transformed as Christian churches were converted or rebuilt as mosques. The Topkapı Palace complex was establishe…