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The Conquest of Constantinople
The Conquest of Constantinople
Directed by	Aydin Arakon
Starring	Sami Ayanoğlu
Running time	1h 35min
Country	Turkey
Language	Turkish

The Conquest of Constantinople (Turkish: İstanbul'un Fethi) is a 1951 Turkish adventure film directed by Aydın G. Arakon [tr].^[1] It was the first film of the "Ottomans v. Byzantines" genre which became very popular in Turkey.^[2] The film depicts the Fall of Constantinople (1453). It was shown in the United States in 1954.

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Sami Ayanoğlu – Mehmed II
Resit Gürzap – Candarli Halil Pasha
Cahit Irgat – Constantinos XI

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^ Dönmez-Colin, G. (2013). The Routledge Dictionary of Turkish Cinema. Taylor & Francis. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-317-93726-5. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
^ Gürpınar, Doğan (2013). Ottoman/Turkish Visions of the Nation, 1860–1950. Springer. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-137-33421-3.

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The Conquest of Constantinople at IMDb

[Dönmez-Colin_2013-1] Dönmez-Colin, G. (2013). The Routledge Dictionary of Turkish Cinema. Taylor & Francis. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-317-93726-5. Retrieved February 19, 2018.

[2] Gürpınar, Doğan (2013). Ottoman/Turkish Visions of the Nation, 1860–1950. Springer. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-137-33421-3.

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