Under the new reign of Mehemed II,…

Under the new reign of Mehemed II, an immediate reaction has set in against some of his policies.

Influenced by the 'ulama', interpreters of the law of Islam, and by the great officials aligned with them, Bayezid restores the Muslim properties dedicated to religious and charitable purposes that Mehmed had taken over for the state.

Bayezid also rejects Mehmed's marked pro-European orientation by such acts as removing from the imperial palace the paintings that Italian artists had executed for his father, such as Gentile Bellini's later-famous “Portrait of Mohammad II” (circa 1480), a masterful characterization of the shrewd, cultivated ruler.

At the same time, Bayezid continues the territorial consolidation that his father had begun.