Mehmed II's Secret Rise: From Exile to Sultan in Days In 1444, a young Mehmed II briefly became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire but was soon replaced due to political instability. Exiled to the provinces, Mehmed studied military and political strategy. When his father, Sultan Murad II, died in 1451, Mehmed seized the throne decisively. Just two years later, he famously captured Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire and transforming the Ottomans into a formidable empire. Mehmed’s rapid ascent

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