Film review: Fetih 1453
5Pillars, Dilly's Desk, Reviews5 Pillars UK, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, Constantinople, Faruk Aksoy, Fetih 1453, Jihad, Martyrdom, Ottoman Empire, Prophet Muhammad, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sultan Mehmed II, Turkey, Turkish NationalismI watched Fetih 1453 when it was released in UK cinemas in February 2012. But I felt that with recent events in Turkey unfolding, that it seemed the most appropriate time to write a review on the only film ever made specifically addressing the famous Muslim conquest of Constantinople. With Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AKP […]
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