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Beyazid II, 1447–1513, Ottoman sultan (1481–1512), son and successor of Muhammad II to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). With the help of the corps of Janissaries Janissaries [Turk.,=recruits], elite corps in the service of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). It was composed of war captives and Christian youths pressed into service; all the recruits were converted to Islam and trained under the strictest discipline.
..... Click the link for more information. he put down the revolt of his brother Jem. A peace-loving monarch, Beyazid did little to advance Ottoman power but much to further culture. He warred (1485–91) with the Mamluks of Egypt, to whom he lost Cilicia, and allowed Cyprus to be seized (1489) by Venice. A war (1499–1503) with Venice ended to the sultan's disadvantage, after which he renovated his army and navy. Beyazid speedily rebuilt Constantinople after it was devastated (1509) by an earthquake. In 1510 civil war broke out between Beyazid's sons Selim I Selim I (Selim the Grim) , 1467–1520, Ottoman sultan (1512–20). He ascended the throne of the Ottoman Empire by forcing the abdication of his father, Beyazid II, and by killing his brothers.
..... Click the link for more information. and Ahmed. In 1512, Beyazid was forced to abdicate by Selim's supporters, who included the Janissaries. Selim then became sultan.

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In that incident, the Turkish sultan, Beyazid II, accepted Jews into the Ottoman Empire, the predecessor of modern Turkey, after they had been expelled from Spain.

IRAQ - Turkish-US Co-ordination by APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map

In that incident, the Turkish sultan, Beyazid II, accepted Jews into the Ottoman Empire, the predecessor of modern Turkey, after they had been expelled from Spain.

ARABS-ISRAELI RELATIONS - Nov 13 - Israeli President Addresses ... by APS Diplomat Recorder

She describes how both Michelangelo and Leonardo were courted by the ruling sultan Beyazid II and points out the similarities between the Hagia Sophia and Bramante's centralised design for St Peter's with hemispherical domes and two towers.

Scholarly Sinan by Shariff, Yasmin / The Architectural Review