“Hey Constantinople! Either I take you, or you take me!”

— Mehmed II

During conquest of Constantinople<br>Source: Conquest and Doomsday http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8i72Nzp5qbk/T04SJKBIGFI/AAAAAAAAVO0/RXo9ubjby50/s1600/fetihvekiyametbugun.jpeg During conquest of Constantinople

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