What did Mehmet the Conqueror say during his visit to Troy?

"He himself went over the Hellespont, passed through little Phrygia, and arrived at Ilion. He inspected the ruins and the traces of the old city of Troy, its contents and the advantages of its location as well as the accessible connection it provides between the land and the sea. Furthermore, he listened to the stories of the heroes Achilleus, Aias, and others visiting their tombs. He praised them and said they were lucky having a poet like Homer who was able to recount their brave deeds. It is said that softly shaking his head he continued: 'God willed that I take the revenge of this city and its folks, even after so many years.'"

What lies at the bottom of Mehmet the Conqueror's visit to Troy is to show that he valued the old cultures of the Anatolian land as an Ottoman emperor.