• İznik Çinilerinin Türleri ve Biçimleri

    Types and Forms of Iznik Tiles

    May 03, 2023

    A comparison of vessels mentioned in Ottoman miniatures and written documents with surviving examples from Iznik reveals interesting results. Because these documents were largely prepared by clerks and administrative personnel...

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  • Topkapı Sarayı Çinileri

    Topkapi Palace Tiles

    February 03, 2023

    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...

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  • Erken Osmanlı Dönemi Çinileri

    Early Ottoman Period Tiles

    January 03, 2023

    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...

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  • 20. Yüzyılda Türk Seramik Sanatı

    Turkish Ceramic Art in the 20th Century

    November 03, 2022

    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,...

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  • Çinicilik Hamisi Süleyman

    Suleyman, Patron of Tile Making

    October 03, 2022

    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...

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