Elon Musk: Turkish historians’ angry response to Tweet about “Istanbul” – “Sends message to Greece”

The annoyance in Turkey for the Tweet made by Elon Musk referring to her fall Istanbul and in the myth of Kerkoporta continues and after the Turkish media, Turkish historians take the baton to interpret the post of the American billionaire.

According to hurriyetdailynews.comthe historian Berlber Ortaylı wrote in the Hurriyet newspaper, that “the theory of the open gate was written by Stefan Zweich. He knew European history well, but he did not know much about Turkish history “and added that” many social media users noticed the time of the tweet, that is, the peak of tension between Turkey and Greece. Some believed that Musk underestimated the Fall of Constantinople, some that he warned Greece “to keep the gates closed against the Turks.”

Also, the historian Erhan Afyoncu noted that “rumors of an ‘open gate’ have nothing to do with reality. “It was spread to recover from the shock of the conquest and to underestimate the fall of the city to the Turks.”

Still, the Necmettin Alkan, who teaches Ottoman history, points out that the conquest “was not as simple as the entry of 50 janissaries through an open gate.” When asked what Musk’s motive was, he even stated: “With this tweet he tells the Greeks” Be careful. “The Turks can come back.” Or maybe he meant, “Keep your gates closed (now) so you do not invoke an excuse (tomorrow)”.

It is recalled that the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, uploaded to his Twitter account a photo with the figure of the “stickman” in which he is depicted as a Byzantine soldier with his helmetwho wakes up in his sleep and tries to remember if he locked the gate of the circus (Kerkoporta), from which the Janissaries entered and occupied Constantinople in May 1453.