Sultan of the two continents and the two seas.
İki kıt'anın ve iki denizin sultanı
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Mehmed II
7th Ottoman sultan (1432-1481). At 21 he conquered Constantinople, ending the thousand-year Byzantine Empire as Fatih ("the Conqueror"). He built Topkapı Palace, codified Ottoman law, but legalised royal fratricide.
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Source: 小笠原弘幸『オスマン帝国 繁栄と衰亡の600年史』(中公新書、2018年)Verified
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