Turkey Wants to Make Fall of Constantinople a National Day

Every year on May 29, Turkish people celebrate the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD with glamorous festivities. Now, they discuss declaring this day a National Day for Turkey. The French newspaper Le Monde, wrote the article "Fall of Constantinople to become a national day?” The paper reports that Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated a couple of days ago, occasioned by the corresponding celebrations, the renovation of Fatih Mosque, built after the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to disgrace the Orthodox Church of Hagia Sophia. The Mosque was named after Fatih Sultan Mehmed, the Ottoman sultan who captured Constantinople. (...)