Ulubatlı Hasan (), also known as Baba Hasan Ağa the Standard Bearer () or Baba Hasan-ı ‘Alemî () (c. 1390, Ulubat, Karacabey,

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– 29 May 1453,

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), was the sekbanbaşı who erected the first standard on the

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walls during the

Conquest of Constantinople The Fall of Constantinople, also known as the Conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire. The city was captured on 29 May 1453 as part of the culmination of a 55-day siege which ha ...

. He was born in a small village called Ulubat (near Karacabey) in the province of

and was 63 years old when he was present at the Siege of Constantinople, under the command of Sultan

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. On the early morning of the last day of the siege, May 29, after the morning prayer, the

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started to play one of their songs before the city was stormed. Ulubatlı Hasan was among the first to climb the

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, followed closely by thirty of his friends. He carried only an Ottoman

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, a small shield and the Ottoman flag. He climbed the wall, under showers of arrows, stones, spears and bullets, reaching the top and placing the flag, which he defended until his 12 remaining friends arrived. After that he collapsed with 27 arrows still in his body. Seeing the Ottoman flag inspired the other Ottoman troops and kept their spirits up – and conversely, disheartened the Greek defenders – until the Ottomans finally conquered

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In popular culture

* Hasan of Ulubat was played by Turan Seyfioğlu in Turkish film ''

İstanbul'un Fethi ''The Conquest of Constantinople'' () is a 1951 Turkish adventure film directed by . It was the first film of the "Ottomans v. Byzantines" genre which became very popular in Turkey. The film depicts the Fall of Constantinople The Fall of Co ...

'' (1951) * İbrahim Çelikkol plays Hasan in Turkish film '' Fetih 1453'' (2012). In the film, there is a romance between him and fictional character named Era ( Dilek Serbest). * Ulubatlı Hasan Alp is played by Sidar Tublek in the Turkish Series '' Mehmed: Sultan of Conquests'' (2024)

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In popular culture

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