Tophane Fountain is located in Tophane,on the European side of Istanbul.It is built bey Sultan Mahmut I in 1732.It is the third biggest fountain of Istanbul and it has the highest walls.The epigraph belongs to Nafihi and the fountain
The Project aims at exhibiting contemporary craftsmen’s art work of Turkish book arts such as lettering (hatt), gilding (tezhib), irrigation of paper (ebru), miniatures, binding (cilt) and coating (kat) in order to expose the current level of these arts and making solid contributions to their permanence.First of the exhibition series was realized within 2008 TÜYAP Istanbul Book Fair with distinguished works of contemporary craftsmen under the counseling of Mr. Besir
Turkish alabaster is a fine-grained, translucent light-colored stone with streaks of pastel color. The color, grain and light passing through it make it pretty, which is why it's used to make ashtrays, bowls and plates, chess sets, cups, egg cups (and ornamental eggs), vases and other items both useful and ornamental. You'll find carved alabaster pieces for sale all over Turkey for TL3 to TL20 and up.
At the beginning of the 20th century there were some 1,600 fountains in Istanbul and 100 years later there were only 400. Once their function was gone, neglect set in At the head of a street in Cihangir is a small fountain. For years it was a decrepit, rundown, vine-clad ruin. Then one day there was a ribbon around it and workers busy cleaning it. Today it has returned to its original state although no water flows from it. It has a
Our knowledge about Turkish Gardens before the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul in 1453 is not much, besides Seljuk garden experiences. The Ottomans continued working on the gardens, farms and vineyards that they have found in the capital and on the conquared lands in the Byzantines by adding their cultural knowledge, tastes, experiences and habits. When creating their gardens, the Ottomans sought practical solutions that would suit the topo
The examples of Turkish architecture can be found all across the vast Ottoman Empire covering the time span of over 600 years. The extent of this architectural heritage has be
Bird houses are man’s humble offering to his winged, feathered friends, and one of the oldest and most important expressions of the love of and compassion for animals. The history of houses built for birds like sparrows, finches and swallows goes back a long way. Some of these tiny dwellings, whose numbers proliferated in parallel with the development of classical Ottoman architecture in the 15th century, indicate that they were being built, albeit on a smaller s
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