New blockbuster fuels debate on Turkey’s ‘neo-Ottoman’ aims

ANKARA, March 6 — A new Turkish blockbuster glorifying the 15th-century Ottoman conquest of Constantinople has taken Turkey by storm at a time when the government is flexing its muscles as a new regional strongman. “Fetih 1453” — or Conquest 1453 — has drawn record crowds since it opened on February 16, recounting what is upheld as one of the most