ARCHITECTURAL AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MİMAR SİNAN MOSQUES: A CLASSIFICATION STUDY

Authors : Filiz Karakuş, Ekrem Bahadır Çalışkan

Pages : 127-153

Doi:10.7456/tojdac.1562392

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Publication Date : 2025-01-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :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 around the central dome used in Seljuk architecture in terms of plan construction. The centralist fiction developed with Mimar Sinan and reached its highest point with the Selimiye Mosque. The subject of this study is the domed mosques built by Mimar Sinan. Within the scope of the research, first, a list of mosques designed and built by Mimar Sinan was prepared, and a literature review was conducted. These buildings were evaluated typologically in terms of their construction dates, plan types, last congregation features, number of minarets and minaret balconies, and construction materials. These buildings\\\' structural features and transition elements to the dome were also classified. In this way, it is aimed to associate the mosques designed and built by Mimar Sinan typologically.
Keywords : Osmanlı, Mimar Sinan, Cami, Tipoloji, İslam Mimarisi