TIL that 600 Ottoman defectors under the command of rival to the throne Orhan Çelebi joined the defense of the Byzantine Empire during the siege and ultimate fall of Constantinople in 1453

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orhan_%C3%87elebi
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