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Because Mehmet I had a "divine" intervention. He was not going to be satisfied until Constantinople was a Muslim city. The sad fact of the whole issue is that the Byzantine Empire was in a weakened state from all the looting conducted by the Catholic crusaders during the crusades.
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Santa Sofia (or Hagia Sophia) was Christian church a few century ago. I can't understand why it is not today.
Because Mehmet I had a "divine" intervention. He was not going to be satisfied until Constantinople was a Muslim city. The sad fact of the whole issue is that the Byzantine Empire was in a weakened state from all the looting conducted by the Catholic crusaders during the crusades.