"...our navy must enter the Golden Horn." "It is the weakest point of the walls." "Yes, my Sultan." "Zaganos, you will hold the Galata ridge." "Yes, my Sultan." "Hasan." "You will command the veteran soldiers." "Don't send the veterans or the cavalrymen until we have a hole on the walls." "Yes, my Sultan." "You can leave now." "He tries to test our faith by starting the siege in our holiest day." "But this will bring him the doom and bring us the salvation." "What shall we do, sir?" "Are we going to sit and watch this war?" "Are we going to trust the Turkish promises?" "Better than being under Pope's authority." "But yet, we should do our best to protect our city." "APRIL 6,1453 FRIDAY" "Guistiniani!" "I'll tell you later." ""Selamün aleyküm."" ""Kalos antamothsikame."" "I wish I could have hosted you in my palace but you are too crowded." "Thank you for the hospitality, Emperor." "I am here to host you in that palace." "I would like to remind you that our walls and our faith have never been broken in history, Sultan." "You will never need to remind this to anyone after this siege, Emperor." "My city walls heard this many times." "Last time was from your father." "But he couldn't succeed either, just like the others." "We came here to conclude it." "If you give the city now, your people and their families will keep living peacefully with their properties untouched." "Then, there will be a lot of blood." "Your blood." "We obeyed what Koran ordered." "Shutters!" "Fire!" "Come on!" "Fire!" "Fire!" "Go, go." "Take your place." "Shields!" "Shields!" "Archers!" "Shoot!" "Basilica cannon." "You just couldn't get this Urban killed." "Archers!" "Shoot!" "Close this hole right now!" "You, cover it with your arrows." "And you, bring the stones." "Hurry." "Catapults!" "Faster." "Come on!" "Burn it down." "Kill them all!" "Fill this gap!" "Are you still thinking of Era, sir?" "And Ayvansaray front?" "The same, my Sultan." "We couldn't succeed in any of the lines." "We have heavy causalities, my Sultan." "We are trying to open the Golden Horn front as you ordered." "But whenever we come close to the chains long ranged Greek cannons start firing." "Our soldiers should not wait." "They may think we are discouraged because we're not fighting today." "That's exactly what I want them to think, Zaganos." "Tell Head Sapper Mustafa to sap faster." "Tomorrow, they will know why my soldiers are waiting." "Sir." "Report me." "We have enough oil and tar, your majesty." "Everything is fine." "There is no movement in the Ottoman army." "They're trying to recover." "They saw what kind of a hell they fell into." "We can't fire the Basilica Cannon as frequent as we should." "If this foam works and cools it down faster we can have 10 shots a day." "Era?" "I'm dizzy." "I'm probably too tired." "We have 9 fathoms left, sir." "Good." "I'll let the Sultan know." "Work harder, lions." "Almost there." "Come on." "Get out." "Now." "Run!" "Get out!" "It will collapse." "Get out!" "It will collapse." "Hurry, hurry, hurry." "Run!" "Selim." "Come on." "Move." "Come on." "Hurrry." "Leave immediately." " Run!" "Run!" " We're coming." "Sappers." "They're here." "They're here." "The sappers are here." " Go back." " Come on, run." "Come here." "Dig it my lions." "Dig it." "Faster." "Come on lions." "Come on." "Jump in." "Counter them." "Bring the gun powder barrels." "Come around, quick." "Come on sappers, dig it." "Stop." "Silence." "Come on, faster." "Come on." "Come on." "They found us." "Dig faster." " Come on." " Move it." "Come on, lions." "Come on." "They're very close." "Faster." "Faster." "Come on lions, dig it." " Sir, get out." " Selim." "I won't leave you there, Selim." "They reached us." "Leave us and go." "Faster." "Come on." "It's too late." "Just go, master." "Go now." "Forgive all my sins against you." "Run now." "Come on." "We will not die for nothing." "(I witness there is no God but Allah" "And I witness Mohammed is his servant and his Prophet.)" "Allah is great." "Allah is great." " What's going on?" " Run." " (Allah is great) - (Allah is great)" "You summoned me, my Sultan." "One day while we were practicing sword, you told me something, Hasan." ""Using a sword needs skill." "You should not hold it too tight or too loose." "If you hold it too tight, you get tired right away, and can't move fast" "If you hold it too loose, your sword drops at the first impact."" "Now is time to hold the sword properly, Hasan." "It is your turn." " Get ready." " Yes, my Sultan." "My Sultan gave his orders." "Tower siege assault is tonight" "We will get ready." "Be careful, Hasan." "Archers!" " Archers!" " Shoot!" "Break this door!" "Kill these dogs." "Come on, hurry." "Faster." "I'm telling you, faster." "Fill these cauldrons." "Fire the cannons more frequently." "Come on." "Run!" "We need more archers here." "Burn those towers." "Fill these cauldrons." "Come on." "Burn down those towers." "Get ready." "Come on." "Faster." "Gangplank..." "Brother!" "Stay away!" "Get ready to launch the gangplank." "Push the tower." "Put it." "We are in fire." "We have to leave now." "Go away!" "Faster." "Push it faster." "Burn them down." "Don't let them come closer." "Launch the gangplank." "Come on." "Move away." "Push it." "Push it." "Come on." "Fix the cannon." "Fire." "You are our heroes." "We'll bury them all, soon enough." "I saw Guistiniani on the walls." "You are right about him." "He is really a capable and dangerous knight." "It could have been easier to pass over the walls if he wasn't here." "Be careful with him, Hasan." "I checked all the fronts." "Our loss is not too much." "Especially when compared to Turks." "You were against the Latin support, Grand Duke Notaras." "But as you see Turks are shattered everywhere." "The Pope should do more than this to get rid of Mehmet for good." "We must catch his army between the walls and the Crusaders." "Don't worry, your majesty." "Pope has already convinced the Hungarians." "Leave him to us." "If I become a martyr with Allah's will I'll ask a favor from you." "It is just an arrow." "Don't worry, it won't kill you." "Will you do it or not tell me that." "Tell me." "What's that favor you'll ask?" "You'll go and see my fiance." "Tell her that Hüseyin became a martyr with my honor." "Get well soon." "You will tell your fiance how you fought after we break the walls." ""I am Ladislaus, King of Hungary." "My long-running regent John Hunyadi has been relinquished from his regency by my will." "I inform you that the truce you signed with him is invalid and I salute you sincerely with my belief that you will stop the siege as soon as possible." "Please don't forget the great pain we both experienced when our armies clashed." "Tell your king that I will be happy to greet him here with my army." "My Sultan I always told you that this campaign was a mistake." "We have been here for a month." "Our army is worn out." "If the Hungarians come..." "This is just a threat, mentor." "Even if it is for real we will capture the city before they arrive here." "If we can't, we will fight with both Greeks and Hungarians" "Now go and tell Urban that I want him to fire his cannons more frequently." "Yes, my Sultan." " Send more archers to the Pigi gate." " Yes, your majesty." "Your majesty." "King of Hungary kept his promise." " His envoy gave his message to Mehmet." " Good." "When the Hungarians arrive, we will not only defend our city but also get rid of the Turks forever." "What do you think?" "Do you think we should fire it more frequently?" "Don't worry, father." "My foam will work." "Alright." " Foreman Mahmut, put the powder in." " Yes, sir." "Bring some more foam for the next shot, daughter." "Stretch it, guys." "Father!" " Master?" "Master." " Move away." " Father, open your eyes." " Fetch the doctor." "It is all my fault." "What if he died?" "Our sultan." "As you were." "When will he be okay?" "In a few days, my Sultan." "Basilica Cannon has to be fixed." " He must get well as soon as possible." " Yes, my Sultan." "Don't worry." "I will fix the Basilica Cannon." "Move away." "Release some of these so it will motivate the Turks" "I wish we were dead." "Move." "Take him." "Hey!" "Brave Turkish soldier." "You must have missed your friends here." "You believe that you go to heaven if you die in war field." "Then, let's not keep you waiting." "I witness that there's no god but Allah and I" "Stop those ships" "Stop them." "Stop them." " My sultan." " Stop them." "Sink them, sink them!" "My Sultan." "That's enough." "Thank God, we devastated his armada." "Let's see what you will do now, Mehmet." "For our emperor." "Long live our Emperor." "Long live Constantine." "You just couldn't stop 3 ships." "You haven't past over the chains for 40 days." "But my Sultan, the range of their cannons prevents us from..." "Take him out." "Send to exile." "Out, all of you." "Why aren't we fighting?" "I was against this campaign all from the beginning." "I said it would be our end." "Now look what we got." "You confused our Sultan." "Our government is at the verge of falling because of your personal ambitions." "Our personal ambition is to serve our government." "Is this your idea of serving?" "Everybody knows your desire is to get my position." "And you count on this campaign for that." "You have personal interest on this conquest." "Why don't we all keep calm?" "We should not forget about the Hungarian menace." "If they come to help - and they might already be on their way we are all doomed." "We should tell our Sultan that we must immediately cease the campaign and go back to Edirne." "I hope you will be beheaded." "The Hungarian army gas gathered." "They will be here any time." "That's right." "If they come, we all die." "Our Sultan does not leave his pavilion." "Our Sultan is blinded." "We can't pass over the walls, no matter what we do." "We will die for nothing." "We should go back." "Why do you whine like a pussy?" "Bastards!" "Why do you eat our Sultan's bread?" "No blood has spilled from your sword for years." "Now our Sultan has opened a path to glory for you." "Is this why you treason?" "Isn't it enough that we have been fighting for 40 days for nothing." "Shut up!" "Do you think a bunch of dogs like you can start a mutiny?" "Watch your words." "If there is a dog here, it must be you." "Now, go away." "Why doesn't he go back?" "He can't accept his defeat." "I prefer him to be here when the Hungarians arrive." "I will clean my boots with his robe." "Welcome, White Sheik." "We just had to call you." "He doesn't speak to anyone including us." " Is he in his pavilion?" " Yes, Master White ªemsettin." "He hasn't gone out for two days." "Soldiers are restless." "My Sheik." "Welcome." "Thank you, Mehmet." "What's wrong with you?" "Why doesn't your army fight?" "We have been here for 40 days" "Patience is the second mind to men." "It keeps your dream, your purpose alive." "I know, the unsuccessful attempts have caused disappointment in both your army and you." "It discouraged your soldiers." "And the infidels are celebrating." "Come on Mehmet." "Come with me." "Before I came here slept for a vision for three nights consecutively." "Just to see if this campaign is destined good or bad." "Thanks God, I got what I asked for last night." "I saw Hazreti Eyyubi Ensari in my dream." "He told me where his grave is" "He said "Go." "Show it to Mehmet." "Tell him why I am buried so close to the walls." "My Sultan." "With the name of Allah who protects and forgives." "As you know, Hazreti Eyyup joined the siege of Konstaniyyah with the Moslem army." "He didn't leave the city walls until he died." "And he wasn't young like you." "He was old and ill" "You can't give up, Mehmet." "You came here to be that heralded commander." "Now go and lead your army." "If you don't do it now you'll never be able to do it again." "Now come back to your senses and show everyone your superior skills." "You have the power to do this." "Remember strong winds wuther at steep mountains." "I won't go back before I take this city, father." "My leg!" "My leg!" "My leg is torn!" "Come on, plankmen, run." "Hold the ropes." "Chock the ship." "They have hauled the ships on the land to the Golden Horn." "Listen people." "They have hauled the ships on the land to the Golden Horn." "Show mercy, mighty Lord." "Just when he thought he would accept the defeat..." "Our people and the army are worried, your majesty." "This is no good." "He is trying to capture Golden Horn where the city walls are the weakest." "He opened another front." "Our ships tried to sink them but they fire cannons from Galata to keep us out of range." "We have to send troops to Golden Horn." "They don't have cannons in their galleys." "If we deploy troops there other fronts will get weaker" "He will make a bridge of ships to deploy in Golden Horn." "That's his plan." "Those Hungarians just couldn't come." "Guistiniani." "Send reinforcement to the Golden Horn." "Notaras , go find Gennadius." "Tell him to do everything to keep the high spirits" "Oh Lord, you save us." "Our emperor asks a favor from you." "A man who subdues Pope can't be my emperor." "For God's sake." "You know I feel the same." "But you have to help us in these troubled days." "People are in terror." "There is chaos." "You think I don't know this?" "You should use your influence on the people." "I'm already doing that despite of you." "But you sold Orthodox people to the Catholics." "And after all those holy signs the faith in our people is gone just like the light in Hagia Sophia." "People are desperate." "My soldiers." "We have a glorious history." "We conquered many strong forts and cities." "We passed high mountains." "We broke the javelins which our enemies hold against our chests." "We teared down the enemy flags which were planted in vanity." "We died and suffered for the sake of glory." "Today it is our duty to prove that we are worthy of our forefathers." "Remember!" "Glory is achieved with faith." "I know we will pass over these walls with our courage" "Tomorrow we will wake up for a happy morning no other God's servant has seen." "We won't become martyrizes before we bring our enemies to their kneels." "God is great!" "God is great!" "I was looking for you." "We will achieve victory tomorrow." "You will see, we will do it." "And your evenge will be taken, Era" "Hasan." "MAY 29,1453 TUESDAY" "Today he will try his strongest assault." "If we can fend it off this war will finish." "Don't worry." "Your people will celebrate your victory." "That's all of it, sir." "You couldn't find us this time, the reptiles." "Sir, I am pouring the powder to the exit." "Sir?" "I don't want any mistakes." "Fire!" "Attack!" "They broke down the wall!" "They broke down the wall!" " Run." " They got in." "They broke down the Romanos wall, your majesty." "You have to get out of here." "We have to go back to the palace." "You should stay in a safe place until we repel them." "Remember you told me to tell your fiancé." "And you go to my family..." "I will." "I will let them know you became an martyr with your honor." "Hüseyin!" "To the flag tower." "You will have a painful death but nobody will know it." "History don't tell about the losers" "We never forget the martyrs." "But today you will die and nobody will remember you." "Run." "Go to Hagia Sophia." "People and the army believe that our God given holy light is taken back to Heaven." "You have to leave the city, your majesty." "Our holy light was taken to Heaven long ago." "At least I should fight for my honor to the end." "Your emperor is dead." "You are under arrest." "Long live the Sultan." "Long live the Sultan." "Stand up." "Bury your emperor due to your religion." "Don't worry." "From now on, your lives your property and your destiny are a part of us, too." "You are free to live according to your own faith." "You showed us the path to glory with your holy words, o Prophet." "Allow me to acknowledge my fellow brothers." "Essalamu aleykum." " Es-selam aleykm." " Aleykme selam." "What did our Prophet say, Eyyub?" "Our Prophet said:" ""Konstantiniyyah will definitely be conquered one day." "The commander who conquers it is a blessed commander." "His soldiers are blessed soldiers."" "In the year when Mehmet who would have the honor of becoming that blessed commander when he was 21 was born, many miracles were witnessed." "Horses gave birth to a lot of twin babies." "The land gave crops four times in a year..." "The branches of the trees bent down to the ground because of the heavy fruits." "The comet observed over Constantinople in the same year was considered as a sign that the unbreakable walls of the city would fall." "EDIRNE MARCH 29,1432" "SURA of CONQUEST" "Hma Hatun gave a healthy boy, my Sultan." "Let him name Mehmet to show our respects to our Prophet." "I gave him his name, may Allah give him his fate." "SARUHAN POST" "I told you I was going to defeat you one day, Hasan." "And I told you that would be the happiest day for me, my Sultan." "We have a letter from Halil Pasha in Edirne, my Sultan." "Sultan Mehmet was only twelve when he first took the throne." "Sultan Murat II, who had been tired of the inner conflicts between his viziers and his warlords had decided to leave the throne to his son, Mehmet after the unexpected death of his favorite son, Aladdin." "But, Grand Vizier Halil Pasha made Sultan Murat come back to his throne because of a possible threat of another Crusader Army" "And Mehmet was sent to Saruhan Post." "You had strong arms to conquer the cities and bring the armies to heel." "They did not hold me not even for once." "You had sharp eyes seeing the future of our governance." "They never looked at me tenderly." "They never saw how much I love you." "My heart was dying to kiss the land you stepped on." "And now it is dying to conquer the lands you will never be able to step on, father." "To build a world-wide empire." "Why do my father's viziers stand aside?" "Stand next to me appropriate to your offices." "I returned to my birth-right throne five years later." "What do you think about it, Halil Pasha?" "You were too young at the time, my Sultan." "The Crusaders had passed the Danube to expel us from Rumelia." "We asked your father to take back the throne." "It was all for the sake of our government." "If you think... this was a mischief then our lives are in your will." "I don't doubt that." "Therefore, for the sake of our government I assign you the grand vizier." "ªahabettin, Zaganos and Saruca will also be my viziers." "Murat Bey is dead, your majesty." "Sultan Mehmet took the throne for the second time." "I see that you are as happy as I am for hearing the news." "Not me, your majesty." "It seems that Grand Duke Notaras fears that he will besiege the city like his father did." "Just remember why Sultan Murat was forced to retreat from the siege." "It was enough for us to declare Prince Mustafa as the sultan." "Even though the poor prince died before he fulfilled his dreams." "Now we have even a stronger sultan candidate." "Prince Orhan." "With all my respect this is delusional." "Sultan Mehmet's only desire is to destroy our empire." "He studied sciences of engineering to break our defences." "He studied our language to understand our weaknesses." "And he studied our religion to strangle our faith." "He might be too young right now." "But he is the anti-Christ." "Grand Duke Notaras, cease worrying." "Mehmet is an already overthrown Sultan." "He has no dignity in his own people." "We will show him our power before he will know it." "Send an envoy to Edirne." "Let Mehmet see our peaceful policies." "You are getting younger, old man." "And teaching the sultan to hold a sword with his gentle hands did not lessen you, Hasan." "Come here." "He learnt to use the sword from you." "But what about the reign?" "Who will he learn to rule from?" "You either have it or not." "Murat Bey was not like him." "We fought together with him in Varna and Kosovo" "I'm ready to scarify not one but all my eyes for a sultan like that." " But Mehmet..." " Be fair, master." "Our sultan was 12 years old back then." "Nobody cares about his age." "Was he on the throne?" "He was." "Was he overthrown?" "He was." "That's what people need to know." "They don't care the rest." "How would you like it, if the infidels' dummy Orhan had taken the throne?" "You don't know his virtues." "You will regret your words when the day comes, master." "VATICAN" "Sultan Mehmet will be determined about what his father started." "And don't doubt that his next destination will be Rome." "Emperor Constantine has to obey the resolution taken in Florence about joining the churches." "We have to put pressure if necessary." "That's right." "The biggest threat for that infidel Turk is the Orthodox people praying for thr Holy See and the Pope." "We should benefit from his inexperience to get rid of the Ottomans for good." "Constantinople will either be a Moslem capital or a Catholic capital." "I don't think Sultan Mehmet is braver and smarter than his father." "But we have to consider all the possibilities." "We can't leave Constantinople to the infidels." "God is on our side." "KARAMANOGLU PRINCIPALITY KONYA" "You are right, he assigned Halil Pasha as his grand vizier." "He can't even get rid of someone who took the throne away from him." "We should take advantage of this weakness." "Spread the word to other principalities." "It is the right time to get rid of the Ottomans." "I am pleased with the beautiful words your emperor had said about my late father." "And about Orhan..." "Your emperor wants to raise his subsidy to 300,000 coins." "It is important for our dynasty that he lives a comfortable life" "I will give my orders." "Tell your emperor that he will receive the friendship he desires to build." "Do you believe Constantine's sincerity, Mentor?" "Neither his courage nor his strength is enough for him to cross the line." "Contact with the Latin, Hungarian, Polish and the Serbian king, and also with the Pope." "Tell them that we want to live in peace with them." "Yes, my Sultan." "You can leave now." "Zaganos and abahttin Pashas, you stay." "I see that you are not happy with my decisions." "It is not our place to question the Sultan." "However, we might have something to say if you discuss with us before you give an order." "We don't have a more important duty other than conquering Konstantiniyyah for the sake of our government." "We have to be patient until we eliminate all the obstacles one by one and take over the city." "Mother." "I really missed my father." "Not "father", but "my sultan."" "So what will you call him?" "My Sultan." "I know there is a reason for everything you do but giving Halil Pasha back his office and compromising with Constantine caused disappointment within your subjects." "It is considered as weakness." "I fear that if we can't win the trust of both our people and the army then we can have some very serious problems." "Government is not a place of displaying power, Zaganos." "It is a tool to protect their interest provide them wealth and build a future for them." "That's what makes a sultan powerful." "Don't worry." "When the time comes, my army and my subjects will understand why I made these decisions." "Check." "Welcome, Gülbahar Hatun." "It was a very long way, my Sultan." "But it is worth seeing you." "Yes, father!" "My sultan." "Your son, Prince Bayezid missed you a lot." "He called your name even while he was sleeping." "Come on." "Go and have a rest." "Have you taken your luggage?" " Have a nice voyage." " Era." "I caught you in the last minute." "I talked to the Duke one more last time." "But I couldn't convince him." "He is not interested in your new crane designs." "I thought so." "But he said you can immediately build a cannon foundry if your father accepts." "You know my father." "He won't accept." "I know." "And I told the Duke, too" "Thank you for everything." "I appreciate what you have done for me." "Goodbye." "Era." "Don't go." "Marry me." "We shall bring your father here, too." "And I can convince the Duke in time." "Actually, I can even convince the Duke to build a dockyard for your father." "I told you." "You will always be a very valuable friend for me." "He just can't sleep, my lady." "Why didn't you go to sleep, my son?" "Don't sultans love their children, mother?" "What are you talking about, Bayezid?" "You will understand how much our Sultan loves you as you grow up." "My son." "Mehmet." "I am your grandfather, Osman" "I founded our principality." "My successors, your forefathers, your father turned this principality into a strong state." "And you will turn it into a mighty empire." "You deserve this ring the most." "You are that righteous commander who was acknowledged by our Prophet." "May Allah bless your campaign." "Your highness!" "Are you alright?" "Either I will conquer Konstantiniyyah or Konstantiniyyah will conquer me." "Isa Pasha." "Give my orders to the dockyard in Gallipoli." "They should be able to make 100 ships in a year." "Yes, my Sultan." "ªahabettin Pasha, I need the foundry to make 3 huge crucibles." "Yes, my sultan." " Zaganos." "Hasan?" " He is already in Konstantiniyyah, my Sultan." "Halil Pasha, and I want a full report about the gears and the munitions of the janissaries." "Yes, my Sultan." "My Sultan, may I ask what all these preparations are for?" "They are for joining our state which is divided in Rumelia and Anatolia together and make it a big empire." "I know what you mean, my Sultan." "But I am afraid there is a risk of shrinking and even getting destroyed while trying to expand." "Making no progress already means to die." "Pasha." "We need to make bold decisions for the future of our people." "Here is something very important my ancestors taught me, Mentor:" "Making history is no job for the cowards." "Leave it, you bastard." "Don't run." "Come here." "Catch him." "Come here." " Stop." " I am very sorry." "What have you done?" "Damn you." " Stop." "Don't hit me." " Just watch where you are going." " I tripped." "What can I do about it?" " You made fall down." "Where is the kid?" "Where is that bastard?" "Where did he hide?" "Anybody seen him?" "Come on." "Run." "So, how was the voyage?" "It was no fun without you." "But not bad anyway." " We had a storm for a while, actually." " Really?" "By the way I got the book you asked me." "So tell me." "What did the Duke say?" "He is not interested in our designs, father." "The fake noble." "He doesn't see the value of the cranes I designed." "He has other things in his mind." "He wants you to make cannons for his army." "They can go to hell." "Doesn't he know that I won't make cannons for anyone anymore?" "And what about Guistiniani?" "The same." "He proposed me as always." "And you said no, as always." "Constantine invited Orhan to dinner tonight." "Let's meet after the dinner." "To our Turkish friend." "To our Turkish friend." "We are informed that Karamanoglu Ibrahim is making preparations for a campaign against Sultan Mehmet." "Who do you think will win if he can find a strong support?" "Karamanoglu, naturally." "It's not only us." "Halil of Çandar thinks like that, too" "There's only one thing you should do to take your righteous throne." "Help Karamanoglu Ibrahim Bey." "I am ready to do whatever it takes." "You can write a letter saying that we all support Karamanoglu including Halil Pasha, the Latins, the Pope, and Hungarians." "You can even offer him some land." "If you do that, I will send two different messengers from different routes to make sure that it reaches Ibrahim Bey." "And we will watch what's coming next." "This is the letter Constantine told Orhan to write and addressed to Karamanoglu Ibrahim." "Good job, Hasan." "The second courier group must be about to arrive at Karamaoglu's with a copy of this letter, my Sultan." "Our plan works." "Karamanoglu started the campaign." "He fell into our trap." "He will be swept away if he is defeated by Karamanoglu." "It doesn't matter even if he defeats." "His army will have heavy losses." "So he won't be able to mess with us for a very long time." "Besides, we should double the subsidy for Orhan to 600,000 coins." "You'll see, he will have to accept it." "And while my treasure raises, whatever dignity he has left in the eyes of his own people will diminish." "KARAMANOGLU PRINCIPALITY AKªEHIR 1451" "I thought Halil of Çandar Pasha would support us." "Without Halil Pasha's support he can't possibly gather such a big army in such a short time." "The letter was nothing but a big lie." "We are fooled." "There is no way we can have a victory if we fight." "Karamanoglu Ibrahim asks for peace." "Lie!" "He wants to provide us soldiers and serve for our cause." "If we leave this pander alone now, he will uprise again in the first opportunity." "This is not the way to govern." "Our army will have heavy causalities if we fight." "I think it is better for us to accept his offer, my Sultan." "This is crazy." "Your policies are nothing but a bunch of coward actions." "I think my mentor is right." "He won't be able to dare anything for a very long time." "He won't cause us any problems during our campaign to Konstantiniyyah." "Go now." "Bring me that pander." "Bring him in." "Stand up." "Don't forget you can battle with anyone but you make peace only with honorable men." "I swear on my honor." "No more blood will be spilled as long as I live." "You will carry that honor of yours until your last breath." "Or, your death shall come by my hand." "Who knows maybe this is your destiny." " My Sultan?" " Read it." "Constantine wants to double the subsidy we pay for Orhan, my Sultan." "There is no obstacle for doing this." "Yet, this is neither the right time nor the place." "He wants to take advantage of us being in a campaign." "Out." "Mentor, you stay here." "I thought they didn't have any other option but stay friendly?" "I thought they didn't have neither the courage nor the strength." "Is this your idea of friendship, mentor?" "Is this your idea of friendship?" "Come here." "I happened to capture this letter written by Orhan to Ibrahim." "Read it." "Here is what surprised me the most:" "That serpent Orhan, says to other serpent named Ibrahim:" ""The Grand Vizier Halil Pasha supports me." "But this should be secret for now."" "Mighty Allah is my witness." "I have nothing to do with this letter." "I never left your father's path or your path in my entire life." "We will talk about this when we go back to Edirne." "Now you can go." "Sultan Mehmet wanted to break Halil Pasha's influence on the soldiers who was now in a very bad position because of the letter." "On the way back home, some soldiers asked for guerdon  even though they hadn't actually fought." "He used this opportunity." "With the pretext of deserted soldiers he punished  Janissary Master Kurtçu Dogan and his fellow janissaries." "Bu kendini bilmez Send these blatant reptiles to exile." "Yes, my Sultan." "Each of the blows these guys have is actually addressed to me, Isa." "Karamanoglu, eh?" "Cowards." "They surrendered not even drawing their swords." "Sultan Mehmet figured that our friendship policy is a game." "He is not young and inept any more but a Sultan with his first victory." "You can be sure that he won't send a dime of the 300,000 coin subsidy he had agreed for Orhan." "Isn't it enough that you worried?" "How come such a letter can be written?" "How dare he use my name in this letter?" "Our Sultan knows that this is a trick." "Even if he doesn't, he can't dare to do anything to you." "He doesn't want to cause internal conflicts." "You're wrong, Emine." "He is taking control of the government step by step." "Our Sultan wants you in his presence, my Pasha." "Oh my..." "This late." "This means only one thing." "Go and bring my shroud." "(I witness there is no God but Allah)" "(And I witness Mohammed is his servant and his Prophet.)" "Approach." "Give my mentor some water." "I never doubted your loyalty." "Otherwise you would have been beheaded already." "Acknowledge Constantine that we won't be paying the subsidy any more." "Yes, my Sultan." "Come here." "What do you see?" "I see the fort built my your heavenly grandfather Sultan Bayezid, my Sultan." "What do you see, now?" "A new fort in Rumelia, my Sultan." "We will build a new fort right here in Bogazkesen, mentor." "You will be in charge of building these two bastions." "The moment we put the first stone Constantine, Pope and the Latin governments will know what we are up to." "They will join forces and attack us." "Neither the Latins nor the Pope nor Constantine." "My only concern is my subjects who can't realize that it's for their interest to conquer Konstantiniyyah." "The blood will spill anyway." "The question is is it to become a martyr or just to be wasted." "BOGAZKESEN APRIL 1452" "We will be able to control all the ships coming from Black Sea." "Our Sultan." "Keep working." "He is building a fort right in front of us." "He will intercept the cargo ships coming from the Black Sea." "He will make us starve." "He is preparing for a siege." "We should immediately get ready for a war." "Send a word to Mora, my brothers." "Tell them to come here with their army." "Remind Guistiniani my offers." "Tell him that I will give him Limnos Island if he commands my armies." "And this cannon founder..." " what's his name, Notaras?" " Urban, your majesty." "Convince him to make stronger cannons than we already have." "You were right." "Sultan Mehmet clearly revealed his intention by starting to build that fort." "His holiness should take some action." "Mehmet will be discouraged if we gather a strong Crusader army." "And Emperor Constantine will have no option other than approving the unification of churches." " True." "But Frenchmen and Englishmen are already devastated because of their ongoing war." "And the German king is struggling for his crown." "And Mehmet is aware of all." "He must have considered all these." "Yet, Pope may perhaps convince Venetians and Genoeses." "We should send a messenger to Constantine any way." "You're right." "He should know about our efforts." "We expect to finish the fort in 11 months, my Sultan." "We have 5 months at most." "We have to take control of the strait to intercept any aid going to Konstantiniyyah before and during the siege." "We will all carry rocks if necessary." "My Sultan, Constantine asked help from Mora just like you were expecting." "I am sorry to see your unacceptable attempts to cut off the route from my city to Black Sea." "Your intention is obvious." "You think you can pass over my walls." "You will be disappointed just like your late father." "You stopped paying the subsidy for Orhan because of a letter which has nothing to do with us." "We didn't protest it for the sake of peace between us." "But if you don't stop building the fort immediately I will send Orhan to Edirne and do all I can for him to take over your throne." "And you must be in delusion if you think that Pope and the Latins will ignore your actions." "You will have to counter a Crusader army of an unprecedented magnitude." "He says he will make Orhan the Sultan." "He should stop the plot he has been keeping on for centuries." "He must know best who my people and my army support." "And Pope gathering a Crusader army?" "Be my guest." "We will defeat them again just like we did in Varna and Kosovo." "I am not like my predecessors." "I am Sultan Mehmet Han." "If I want to make a fort in Rumelia in my governance, then I do it" "Everything in my land is under my command." "Mehmet won't stop building the fort." "And he has started to gather a big army in Anatolia." "We started the production as you ordered, your majesty." "We will burn him and his army with our Greek fire." "And Pope says he is determined to support us." "But as you know, with his condition that our church abides him." "Why don't we send Orhan to Edirne and let him provoke people against Mehmet?" "That's impossible." "His people and his army supports him." "Then why do we still feed him?" "Mehmet will not be able to pass the walls." "And this will be his end." "What is more precious than having someone on the throne loyal to us?" " Are the cannon foundries ready?" " They're renewed, your majesty." "I will talk to Urban, today." " Here." " Thank you." " Father, we should also buy salt." " Alright, my girl." "Engineer Urban." "Grand Duke Notaras wants you." "Father?" "You go back home." "There's nothing to worry about." "Let's go." "Welcome, Engineer Urban." "As you know, our city is fighting against the infidels." "This is not my fight, sir." "All Christians should fulfill their duties." "Including you." "I have neither the desire nor the strength to mold the cannons you want." "Forgive me." "Think about your daughter, not yourself." "We don't want that beautiful girl get hurt, do we?" "You have time till morning to change your mind." "You can go now." "Come on, hurry up." "We have to go before Notaras' dogs come." "You are arrested by the order of Grand Duke Notaras." "Seize them." "Leave my daughter alone." "Don't touch me, you jerk." "Sultan Mehmet wishes to see you in his court." "We are informed that those were Turks who kidnapped Urban." " Rascal." "He will attack my walls with the cannons Urban makes." "Find a way to kill Urban." "We have news from Mora, your brothers, your majesty." "Mehmet's soldiers have burnt down Mora." "They killed all the troops of your brothers." "God damn Turk." "He is always one step ahead." "Always." "We are sorry to take you to Edirne by force." "Actually you made a big favor to us." "Helping your sultan's cause may help me conclude a personal matter." "What is it?" "Years ago, the Crusader army also supported by Constantine to wipe you out from the Balkans burnt down all the Moslem villages on their way." "Including our village, too." "They slaughtered my family." "I found myself in the slave market in Constantinople." "If it wasn't Urban who pitied and bought me..." "So, Urban is not your father." "He is like a father to me." "Engineer Urban has been my father since then." "Come on, we should start as soon as possible." "I am master at moulding cannons as much as my father." "But we can't have a girl in the foundry." "Don't worry." "They won't see a girl." "Let's go." "Come on, Father." "We don't have any other option." "Write a letter to Pope." "Tell him that I am ready to host a united ceremony with Catholic and Orthodox people within my lands." "It is time to become united against the anti-Christ." "If we call the Latins, they will never leave our city." "Did you forget what they had done to us?" "They harmed our faith and our city more than anybody else." "Mehmet will take action as soon as he can." "We don't have time to lose." "I implore you, your highness." "This decision will take our religion under Pope's command." "This means the end of our faith." "I prefer seeing Turkish turban in the city rather than the Latin cone." "We don't want the faithless Catholics in Hagia Sophia." "We won't give away our religion to Pope." "We won't pray in the same church with the Latins." "We don't want their prayers." "They're trying to take over our faith." "It is time to say no to these lousy Catholics who feed on the blood of real Christians like ourselves who follow Jesus." "Engineer Urban I am pleased to see you and your assistant with us." "Thank you, your highness." "I want you to make a cannon big enough to break the walls of Konstantiniyyah." "Something never will be seen in history again." "We can cast the cannon as big as you want." "Hasan will be here all the time to provide your safety and needs." " May your job be easy." " Thank you, your highness." "May Allah make our efforts free from troubles" "Don't let us fail." " Let our soldiers be victorious." " Amen." "(Power and strength only come from Allah)" " Allah is great." " Allah is great." " Do you need help, Engineer Elias?" " What?" "We can't call you Era in public, can we?" "Shut up." "I look like a boy." "I think you are as beautiful as you were in the market." "BOGAZKESEN SEPTEMBER 1452" "Oh my." "The rumors are true." "Turks have accomplished a miracle." "They signal us to stop." "We are not going to stop just because they want so." "Sink it down." "How can he dare to sink my ship?" "He is preparing to siege Constantinople, your Grace." "Blocking our trade means a war against us, too." "But we can't fight him directly." "We should better supply support for Constantine." "I can go there with our ships and command Constantine's army, your Grace." "Make your preparations right away." "Yes, your Grace." "Genoeses needed their trade route to be blocked to come to their senses." "They will bring reinforcement, too." "And you, my dear Isidor." "I am sure you can arrange Catholics and Orthodoxies pray together in church." "If you can achieve it I can provide more reinforcements to save the city." "I will send a huge army of archers with you to Constantinople." "The city has to trust you for us to succeed." "May God bless you." "I was worried that I wouldn't be able to build what I designed when I decided not to cast cannons any more." "But now..." "I am glad you convinced me." "I know you did it for me, father." "Let me check the designs one more time." "Alright, father." "I am so grateful to the Pope." "Your existence brings high spirits to my people and power to my army." "It is obvious that you need more, your majesty." "If you want the support of Latin governments against the infidel Turks you know what you have to do." "As Pope himself insists Orthodox people should accept Vatican's authority." "It shouldn't be hard for a mighty emperor like yourself to silence Gennadius" "We will do what needs to be done." "My dear people." "How can a emperor who seeks salvation from the Pope defend our faith?" "And what is our patriarch doing?" "He is selling our religion in Hagia Sophia instead of giving us strength." "He accepts to pray in Catholics' way." "Instead of our own." "They want to make Orthodox people the slaves of the Catholic church." "Will you allow that?" "Damn with the Patriarch." "There he is!" "Get out of my way." "Please consider your decision one more time, my Sultan." "We know that the Pope has sent an archer legion." "And we are informed that Venetians and Genoeses will provide troops and galleys." "It is obvious that Germans Englishmen and Frenchmen are going to send huge reinforcements." "English and French armies destroyed each other." "The German King is busy with his own inner conflicts" "Aren't you supposed to know what is going on in Europe better than all of us, Mentor?" "I heard enough of your opposition in this matter." "My decision is final." "You should better realize that the siege is better for your own interests, too." "Otherwise..." "Zaganos." "Tell our spies to contact Gennadius." "Let them know that we guarantee their freedom of prayers without any Catholic pressure." "And talk to Urban." "That cannon must be finished as soon as possible." "We will start the campaign in two months." "Yes, my Sultan." "After all that dust and mud, this place is great for a change." "Thank you, Hasan." "I bet you have never eaten such a delicious fish." "It smells great." "I added some ginger and laurel leaves." "I learnt it from my father." "You have never talked about your family." "My mother died when I was very young." "My father was a great warrior." "We went to Battle of Kosovo together." "He became martyr there." "Wanna taste it?" "It is delicious." "It's a good thing that I learnt the secret." "So you teach me to make cannons and we get even." "You can't learn it right away." "It is an art." "This is the fourth time." "The metal is not pure enough." "It has veins." "I don't know why you object it?" "We should include more tin." "That makes the solution denser." "It will congeal before it reaches the mould." "We can empower the fire." "It is powerful enough." "The next step is hell fire." "Why don't we give it a try?" "The crucibles can endure more heat." "No." "It is too risky." "You say no to everything." "Dear Giovanni Longo Di Giustiniani." "Your majesty." "You came here to help us against the unbelievable offences of the infidel army." "You and your heroic soldiers are worth more than anything for us." "Of course, we are grateful for their support." "But there are also a considerable number of people who haven't forgotten the pain caused by the Latin armies, as well as who greet them exuberantly." "Don't you think you are unfair to soldiers who came to die for your city, Grand Duke Notaras?" "Our people will embrace these heroic soldiers who came to die for them, Notaras." "Never doubt that." "Maybe you are right." "We are almost out of copper, father." "I know." "They will deliver it tomorrow." "Night shift is about to arrive, master." "You go and have a rest, Foreman Mahmut." "We will be staying." "Alright, master." "Why don't we leave early today for a change?" "I will make a delicious supper for you." "And I was wondering when you were going to suggest this." "Please, father." "I know." "Just help me take..." "This is Notoras' business." "Thank you Hasan." "Seems like we won't rest until the walls fall." "Hasan." "What do you think, father?" "I think we did it this time." "Thanks to you." "It's a good thing we signed a pact with Hungarian, Serbian, Polish and Georgian kings." "So we won't have any problems during the siege." "They also thanked for the beautiful presents you sent." "Good." "Halil Pasha saw that he worried for nothing." "Are my warlords coming?" "The cavalrymen of Karesi, Hamit and Menteº warlords will be in Edirne very soon." "What about the ships?" " They will be ready in time, my Sultan." " Good." "(As I yearn to unite with my love)" "(What is so natural than my tears becoming a sea)" "(You can't bring the beloved to the house of sorrow, O Avni)" "(No matter how strong your authority is)" "Which perfume would you perefer to wear?" "Jasmina." "He loves this the most." "I took this amulet from my father when they killed him." "To give to my man if I have one, one day." "I will never take it off." "Today is the big day." "I am very excited." "You?" "Me, too." "I don't want you to be in the siege, Era." "You know I will." "We talked about it." "I don't want you to get hurt." "I don't want you to get hurt, either." "So don't go to war, too." "War is not for women, Era." "Not for women, did you say?" "You seem to forget what I went through." "They killed my mother and sisters in the war." "None of them was a soldier." "They were slaughtered not in the front line but at home." "Men die with honor in a war." "But women lose their fathers, children husbands, honor, everything." "I will go to this war." "Nobody can stop me." "Kudos to all of you, Engineer Urban." "Thank you, my Sultan." "Have a safe trip." "I think you are right." "I was selfish." "I am sorry." "We are going back." "GALLIPOLI" "Allah is great!" "Allah is great!" "You win." "Well done, Mehmet." "Our Sultan!" "Father." "Bayezid." "Come here." "Come here, son." "Father." "I wrote this for you." "My noble commanders brave soldiers and faithful people." "They dare to threaten our walls protected by our guardian angel Mother Mary who is not overwhelmed by anything." "Damn the Turks." "Damn the Turks." "The infidel Turks are on their way to bite with their poisonous fang of a snake." "They think they can pass the most glorious and the strongest walls in history." "But we will drown them in their own blood." "Death for the Turks." "Death for the Turks." "You the children of Constantinople the queen city of the world I know that when the day comes you will all become fighters worthy of St. Theodora and make another saga." "God is with us." "God is with us." "Damn the Turks!" "You take the Pigi Gate, Nikola Mozenigo." "Cresca Gate." "Commander Contarini, deploy your troops there" "Yes, your majesty." "Kaligaria Gate, John of Germania." "Yes, your majesty." " Knight Guistiniani." " Yes, your majesty?" "You will guard Romanos Gate both with your own troops and the archers Pope has sent with you." "This is our weakest point." "May God forbid, if Turks happen to enter the city you will be first to encounter them." " Don't worry." "I will not allow even one Turk to pass through that gate." "And our Turkish friend Orhan will guard the Langa Port" "Yes, your majesty." "May God protect our city." "EASTER APRIL 1,1453" "And you, Karaca Pasha." "This line from Gate of Charisius to Ayvansaray is yours." "Yes, my Sultan ªahabettin Pasha." "You take position from Tekfur Palace to Egrikapi." "Yes, my Sultan." "Süleyman Pasha..."