AHC -Make Mehmed take over a Romano Byzantine title in 1453 .

mad orc

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Make Mehmed II take up a more imperial title like say, Sultan of Rome or sultan of Byzantine or something rather than a Turkish one .
 
He did, and was recognized as Emperor by many Greek elites and the Patriarch of Constantinople.

The Patriarch of Constantinople was not in Constantinople in 1453. He did not witness the Ottoman conquest and never had any dealings with Mehmed.

You are, presumably, referring to Gennadios Scholarios. And you're claiming that he specifically recognized Mehmed as the successor of the Byzantine Emperors, and not merely acknowledged him as a conqueror of the city? What is this idea based on?
 
You are, presumably, referring to Gennadios Scholarios. And you're claiming that he specifically recognized Mehmed as the successor of the Byzantine Emperors, and not merely acknowledged him as a conqueror of the city? What is this idea based on?
My bad, I confused Gennadios with George of Trebizond.

In any case, the Ottoman chancellery fairly consistently used the Greek title basileus and the Latin title dei gratia imperator to refer to the ruler whenever they had correspondence in Greek or Latin up to the mid-sixteenth century, as well as the Turkicized title kayser i-Rum, so my point still stands. Curiously, Mehmed II himself did not call himself basileus in Greek for whatever reason (he preferred o megas authentis kai megas amirus, "the great lord and great emir").
 
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