fulfordfoto (fff) monday 21march2016 03:38pm eest along the bosphorus at ortakoy tk

rumi hisari
this fortress was built
in just four months in 1452
by mehmet the conqerer
at the narrowest point
of bosphorus strait
and helped him to take control
of  the waterway
and ultimately constantinople
(not istanbul yet)

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the aftermath