Once the new Sultan was girded with the sword of state, the Janissaries would cry out, *"We shall meet at the Red Apple!"*
ReadMoreFew structures in human history have commanded as much awe, inspired as much reverence, or carried as profound a symbolic weight as Hagia Sophia.
ReadMoreSultan Mehmed II sought to establish a new imperial palace that would reflect the grandeur of the Ottoman Empire.
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