American Minute: Istanbul Pogrom – Fairfax Free Citizen

American Minute: Istanbul Pogrom – Fairfax Free Citizen

American Minute: Istanbul Pogrom

Constantinople was the capital of the eastern Roman Christian world since Emperor Constantine in three hundred thirty AD.

It was conquered by the Muslim Sultan Mehmet II on May 29, 1453.

In the fall of Constantinople, ems of thousands of Christians were raped, killed, enslaved, or deported. Read More