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After the death of Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmet Pasha, the Ottoman Empire entered a period of stagnation, a stagnation felt not only in the political and military spheres but also...

Topkapı Palace, or Saray-ı Cedid, built on Istanbul's first hill, known as Zeytinlik, is surrounded by a 1,400-meter-long wall built during the reign of Mehmed the Conqueror in 1478. This...

While glazed decoration, mainly tile mosaics, was applied together with underglaze tile panels that we find in palaces during the Anatolian Seljuk period, a small amount of tile mosaic decoration...

Tiles, one of our traditional art forms, have been among the most elegant ornaments used in architectural structures since ancient times. The tile adventure began with the Karakhanids' conversion to...

Traditional pottery in Anatolia is divided into two groups according to production quality and the social classes they served: high-quality production centers and folk-style pottery centers. In Çatalhöyük and Hacılar,...

The known place of Suleiman the Magnificent in the universe is indicated in an inscription on the gate of Bender Castle in 1538. It states that Suleiman, the servant of...

The 1510s are dominated by the campaigns of Selim I, which saw the temporary conquest of Tabriz and the definitive capture of Damascus and Cairo. Selim's reign was brief, and...

Kütahya, which was the second largest tile production center after Iznik during the Ottoman period, was a city where ceramic production was intensively carried out during the Phrygian, Hellenistic, Roman...

The design principles of tile patterns have been the subject of research in various disciplines. Free compositions aside, the arrangement based on a symmetrical, central, and infinitely reproducible principle, commonly...

The 18th century of the Ottoman Empire was witnessing a wave of transformation in architecture and art. One of the most significant influences of this wind was the challenges faced...