“On May 29, 1453,” the state-run Turkish broadcaster TRT World reported happily on Tuesday, the 572nd anniversary of the fateful day, “a 21-year-old Sultan Mehmed II led the Ottoman army to a decisive victory over the Byzantine Empire. The conquest of Istanbul remains a shining jewel in the crown of the Ottoman Empire.” Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s desire to restore the lost glory of that empire is well known, but those who are the children and heirs of the victims of its bloody expansion look on this anniversary with somewhat less enthusiasm than TRT World displayed.
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Some Greek Orthodox Christians to this day refer to May 29, 1453 as “the last day of the world.” In a very real sense, that is exactly
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