ARCHITECTURAL AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MİMAR SİNAN MOSQUES: A CLASSIFICATION STUDY
Journal: The Turkish Online Journal of Design Art and Communication
Year: 2024

With the conquest of Istanbul, the Ottoman Empire synthesized the building culture of Islam and the Seljuks with Byzantine architecture and built magnificent structures. The domed central space is an important element of Turkish mosque architecture, and many original attempts were made in this direction. In the 16th century, when Ottoman architecture reached its most glorious age, the idea of creating a clear space was put into practice in the Ottoman period by removing the closed courts shaped