After the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, the Ottoman sultans started a programme of building, which used large quantities of Iznik tiles.
Drugi centri za inovativno keramiko v islamskem svetu so bili Fustat (v bližini sodobnega Kaira 975-1075), Damask od 1100 do okoli leta 1600 in Tabriz (Iran) od 1470 do 1550.