Before Sultan Mehmed II conquered Istanbul and made it the center of culture and art, the relations of other sultans, especially his father Murad II, with books and libraries began in the madrasahs during the reign of Orhan Gzi (r. 1324-1362). Although it is not p...
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Mehmed II, Ottoman sultan (1444–46 and 1451–81) who expanded the Ottoman Empire in Anatolia and into the Balkans, capturing Constantinople along the way. He first took the throne at the age of 12 when his father, Murad II, abdicated. Murad was later re