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[a] Early Ottoman architecture was a continuation of earlier Seljuk and Beylik architecture while also incorporating local Byzantine influences. [1] [5] [4] The new styles took shape in the capital cities of Bursa and Edirne as well as in other important early Ottoman cities such as Iznik.
Some of the best examples of early 17th-century Ottoman architecture are also to be found in Topkapı Palace, at the Revan Kiosk (1635) and Baghdad Kiosk (1639), built by Murad IV to commemorate his victories against the Safavids. [110] Both are small pavilions raised on platforms overlooking the palace gardens.
In 1573 Sinan built the Piyale Pasha Mosque, which is unusual as the only time he built a multi-dome mosque resembling the multi-dome congregational mosques of early Ottoman architecture. [128] [129] Another unusual building attributed to Sinan is the Zal Mahmud Pasha Mosque complex near Eyüp.
In the early 16th century, the range of decorative motifs in Ottoman art expanded, as attested in other mediums of Ottoman art such as tiles and manuscript decoration. Only a few fragments of painted ornament have survived in architecture from this era, but a similar trend most likely occurred in this medium as well. [ 73 ]
The imaret of Komotini is considered to be one of the oldest examples of Ottoman architecture in Thrace (it consists of three spaces that form a T shape on the ground plan, in zawiya-style) and is built in the Byzantine technique of using brick-enclosed masonry, also characteristic of early Ottoman buildings. [7]
The Ottoman Empire ushered in a centuries-long tradition of Ottoman architecture up until the early 20th century. In the first years of the Turkish republic (after 1923), Turkish architecture was influenced by earlier Seljuk and Ottoman architecture, in particular during the First National Architectural Movement (also called the Turkish ...
An early version of this design, on a smaller scale, had been used before Sinan in the Fatih Pasha Mosque in Diyarbakır, dated to 1520 or 1523. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] In addition to the layout's symmetry, Sinan's early innovations are evident in the way he organized the structural supports of the dome.
Ottoman Baroque architecture, also known as Turkish Baroque, [1] [2] was a period in Ottoman architecture in the 18th century and early 19th century which was influenced by European Baroque architecture.