Located in Istanbul, Turkey on the Anatolian (Asian) side of the Bosporus, which also gives its name to the quarter around it, Anatolian Fortress (Anatolian Castle) was built between 1393 and 1394 by the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I “The Thunderbolt” to pass safely his army from Anatolia to Europe.
Actually, that fortress was established to support the conquest of Istanbul by preventing the support from Black Sea, especially Trebizond (the city of Black Sea) and to control traffic entering of other attacks from Venice and Genoa. Because except for Ottomans and Byzantines, the other power states tried to take over upon that way in order to gain economic and politic power.
Actually, that fortress was established to support the conquest of Istanbul by preventing the support from Black Sea, especially Trebizond (the city of Black Sea) and to control traffic entering of other attacks from Venice and Genoa. Because except for Ottomans and Byzantines, the other power states tried to take over upon that way in order to gain economic and politic power.
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