The Conquest of Constantinople

The Conquest of Constantinople (Turkish: İstanbul'un Fethi) is a 1951 Turkish adventure film directed by Aydın G. Arakon.[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.

The Conquest of Constantinople
Directed byAydin Arakon
StarringSami Ayanoğlu
Running time
1h 35min
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish

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References

  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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