akkoyunlu hükümdarı uzun hasan, cüce olması yetmiyormuş gibi fatih sultan mehmet'in otoritesini tanımamış, sultan'a bir elçi ve beraberinde de bir çuval darı göndermiştir.
elçi, huzura çıkınca çuvalı açmış, "bizim askerimiz bu darı kadardır" diye kaş göz süzmüştür.
fatih ise istifini bozmadan çuvalın avludaki tavukların önüne dökülmesini emretmiş, tavuklar darıyı beş saniyede yedikten sonra da elçiye "benim yeniçerim de bu tavuklar gibidir" yanıtını vererek otlukbeli'nde sona erecek bu metafor yarışına hükmen galip başlamıştır.

The ruler of Akkoyunlu Hasan The Long, who as well as being a dwarf didnt know the authority of Sultan Fatih sent his ambassador and a stack of corn.After stepping in front of the Sultan the ambassador opened the stack and looked at him saying:`Our soldiers are as many as this corn` . Sultan Fatih stayed calm and ordered the stack to be spilled to the hens.And when the hens ate all the corn in five minutes by giving the ambassador this answer:My janissaries are like this hens` he became the legal winner in this metaphorous competition which was to be ended Otlukbeli.

derya cok cok akillisin

Woow,you really got to admire him.
Thx derya for translating it.

Thanks deli and CANLI,this was a nice storywhere did you take it CARTEL?Can you post more?I think I read once something similiar to this about a chessboard and a corn.It was something about the multipliying effect of the chessboard.

i think derya is a she

if i find new stories i will put here

And think about it, he (Fatih Sultan Mehmet) was 18 years old.In 1451 Mehmed II reclaimed the throne upon his father's death.Two years later he brought an end to the Byzantine Empire by capturing its capital during the Siege of Constantinople(Istanbul).He was 21 years old when he brought this city...isnt it fascinating?