Constantinople/Byzantium was in practice a Greek state. In their conquest of it, the Ottomans assimilated both many peoples as well as much of the culture and p

Constantinople/Byzantium was in practice a Greek state. In their conquest of it, the Ottomans assimilated both many peoples as well as much of the culture and practice of the area, with Sultan Mehmed II going as far as calling himself 'Ceasar.'