Fatih Sultan Mehmet laid claim to all the territories previously held by the Byzantines, so that his empire incorporated most of Greece and the Balkans, as well as Anatolia.
Anatolia was independent from Fatih Sultan Mehmet.
mnli hypothesis: Anatolia was independent from Fatih Sultan Mehmet. premise: Fatih Sultan Mehmet laid claim to all the territories previously held by the Byzantines, so that his empire incorporated most of Greece and the Balkans, as well as Anatolia.