Zitate von Mehmed II.
Mehmed II.
Geburtstag: 30. März 1432
Todesdatum: 3. Mai 1481
Mehmed II. , genannt Ebū ʾl-Fetḥ und postum Fātiḥ , war der siebte Sultan des Osmanischen Reiches. Er regierte von 1444 bis 1446 und dann von 1451 bis zu seinem Tod. Am 29. Mai 1453 eroberte er Konstantinopel und besiegelte damit das Ende des Byzantinischen Reiches. Aufgrund seiner zahlreichen Eroberungen kann er neben Osman I. als zweiter Gründer des Osmanischen Reiches bezeichnet werden, für das er die territoriale, ideologische und ökonomische Basis schuf.
Zitate Mehmed II.
„We are not afraid of the owl, we are the hawks.“
— Mehmed II
Source: Aşıkpaşoğlu History (Prepared: Atsız), 79
„If you cut a branch out of my forests, I'd cut your head off!“
— Mehmed II
Source: Aşıkpaşaoğlu History
„Hey Constantinople! Either I take you, or you take me!“
— Mehmed II
During conquest of Constantinople
Source: Conquest and Doomsday http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8i72Nzp5qbk/T04SJKBIGFI/AAAAAAAAVO0/RXo9ubjby50/s1600/fetihvekiyametbugun.jpeg During conquest of Constantinople
Ref: en.wikiquote.org - Mehmed II / Quotes
„We do not conquer the lands, we conquer the hearts.“
— Mehmed II
Source: Aşıkpaşoğlu History (Prepared: Atsız), 154
„We Turks are faithful muslims.“
— Mehmed II
Source: Halil İnalcık, Devlet-i'Aliyye I.Cilt, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları
„To turn away from the enemy is cowardice. Misfortune is the fate of the enemy.“
— Mehmed II
Source: Ahmet Akgündüz - Mehmed's tolerance http://www.ahmetakyol.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9849&Itemid=47
When he learned that the Crusaders had come toward him
„In order to see the boundaries of the probabilities, need to try impossible.“
— Mehmed II
Source: Ahmet Akgündüz - Mehmed's tolerance http://www.ahmetakyol.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9849&Itemid=47
When he said that the ships would pass by land
„The Christian land, has lost his sword and shields.“
— Mehmed II
Source: Alphonse de Lamartine (Ottoman History)
It is believed that Skanderbeg said on his death
„One night comes suddenly, I will add your kingdom to my empire.“
— Mehmed II
Source: Freely, John (The Grand Turk)
„If even a single hair of my beard learns my secret, I will cut my beard from the root.“
— Mehmed II
Source: Freely, John (The Grand Turk)
