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Journal articles on the topic "Ottoman period heritage"
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Alamri, Yahya Abdullah, Betül EKİMCİ, and Mehmet İNCEOĞLU. "AN APPROACH FOR PRESERVING OTTOMAN CULTURAL HERITAGE UNDER THREAT IN YEMEN: A CASE STUDY " THE OLD CITY OF SANA'A"." Journal of Islamic Architecture 7, no. 1 (June 28, 2022): 73–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/jia.v7i1.13048.
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Cultural heritage is one of the human development aspects throughout the historical ages. Yemen is one of the wealthiest regions with cultural heritages in the Middle East, due to its important geographical location linking India, China, Africa, and the Mediterranean countries. Sana'a developed through successive Islamic eras, one of the most important of them was during Ottoman period. During their presence in Yemen, Ottomans were interested in constructing different types of buildings and bringing about a great civilizational and architectural renaissance in various regions of Yemen, especially in the city of Sana'a. However, cultural heritage in Sana'a was badly damaged during the Yemeni conflict, including Ottoman heritage. This study proposes an approach for preserving the building's cultural heritage under threat. This approach was based on the European Standard (EN 16096:2012 (E)), Conservation of cultural property - Condition survey and report of building’s cultural heritage. The methodology used will help preserve the cultural heritage in Sana'a by assessing the damage caused by the war in Sana'a, and appropriate proposals were made. This study considered a group of Ottoman structures in the old city of Sana'a as a case study. It shows the war-affected historical sites in all Yemeni cities. During the period of Ottoman rule in Yemen, various facilities were built in most regions of Yemen, most of which were concentrated in the old city of Sana'a. Ottoman establishments were counted in the old city of Sana'a, where there were twenty-eight of them, twenty-one installations still in existence, and seven destroyed and no longer existing.
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Özkan, Selim Hilmi. "The Life of Science and Thought in the Period of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror." Uluslararası Sosyal ve Eğitim Bilimleri Dergisi, no. 22 (December 15, 2024): 111–21. https://doi.org/10.20860/ijoses.1581412.
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The Ottoman Empire was one of the principalities established in Anatolia after the Mongol invasion. The principality embarked on a conquest movement in the border region to make room for Turkmen from the east. After becoming politically more potent, this process fought with both Byzantium and Anatolian principalities and gave importance to science, art, and education. As a result, it attracted the attention of scholars in the region in a short time. Because the Seljuks had left a great scientific heritage, it was only natural that this legacy would be passed on to the state that held political sovereignty. In time, the Ottoman Principality became the center of this heritage. With Mehmed the conqueror [Fatih], the state entered a new phase and claimed the heritage of the East and the West. This study will examine the impact of the new understanding that began with Fatih on Ottoman scientific thought and education. It will also try to reveal the influence of the Fatih complex on later madrasas and educational institutions. Our sources are the Fatih Foundation, and the studies based on it.
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Petrevska, Biljana, and Cvetko Andreeski. "Mapping new Ottoman heritage tourism routes in North Macedonia: A supply-side approach." Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 51 (December 27, 2024): 205–28. https://doi.org/10.3897/jbgs.e137445.
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North Macedonia possesses a rich cultural heritage dating back to the Ottoman period (14th–19th century). This heritage is evident in various architectural structures such as bazaars, bridges, hammams, clock towers, and mosques. While some of these sites are actively used for tourism, many remain untapped, each offering unique historical, cultural, and architectural significance. This study explores the potential of developing Ottoman heritage tourism products in North Macedonia. The research aims to identify and establish new tourism routes in the Northeast, East, and Southeast regions, by adopting an experiential approach. Through in-depth interviews with informants experienced in tourism, the study utilizes spatial intuition to map significant sites and designs routes highlighting the richness of Ottoman heritage. The research identifies Kratovo, Shtip, and Strumica as key cities within these regions, serving as pivotal points for the proposed routes. The study reveals that informants strongly believe that Ottoman heritage tourism can attract visitors, foster cultural understanding, and contribute to local economic development. The core appeal of these routes lies in the authenticity, unique aesthetics, architectural significance, and educational value of the Ottoman heritage sites. This study contributes to the existing literature by emphasizing the value of Ottoman heritage and advocating the critical importance of its preservation. From a practical standpoint, the proposed routes, interconnected across three regions, cater to diverse visitor interests and might offer a unique tourism experience.
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Akyürek Algın, Meltem, and Şebnem Hoşkara. "Transformation of Silifke—A Historic Town in Anatolia in the Ottoman Period." Buildings 14, no. 5 (May 14, 2024): 1412. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings14051412.
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This article focuses on the Ottoman Period urban fabric of Silifke, a crucial historical town in Turkey. The aim of this paper is to develop a research framework for the transfer of cultural heritage and cultural continuity in multi-layered historical cities. In this context, investigating the level of sociocultural transition and physical permeability between layers is the main problem of the article. The scope of the study consists of an approximately 1.5 km2 (150 hectares) area within the boundaries of the 3rd Degree archaeological site determined in 1995 by the Adana Cultural and Natural Heritage Conservation Regional Board. In the case area, there are building remains and 58 registered buildings, 40 of which were built during the Ottoman Period. The findings and evaluations were examined in three parts: the periods before the Ottoman Period, the Ottoman Period, and the Republican Period. Analyses were developed independently or overlapped from archive documents such as the Presidential Ottoman Archive (BOA), provincial yearbooks, engravings of travelers, photographs, aerial photographs of different years, current maps, zoning plans, and conservation plans. Then, we made descriptions and inferences about urban change/transformation, which is affected by the political, economic, social, cultural, and environmental factors of the town and will shape the future change/transformation and management of the town. The ultimate goal is to set up a basis for the Silifke town center that will guide future interventions and design and planning policies for cultural continuity.
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Moraitis, Konstantinos, Panagiotis Kontolaimos, and Filio Iliopoulou. "The Ottomans and the Greek Landscape: The Perception of Landscape in Greece by the Ottomans and Its Impact on the Architectural and Landscape Design." Heritage 4, no. 4 (October 20, 2021): 3749–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/heritage4040206.
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The current research examines the transformation of the rural and urban landscape during the Ottoman Period across modern Greek territory and the relationship between those changes and the cultural as well as political perceptions of the Ottoman elites, from roughly 1400 to 1800. The study embraces the view of the importance of the landscape as a crucial factor in the birth and development of civilizations and it attempts to confirm this view by projecting it in intentional examples of organization of the built space in Greece, focusing, as already mentioned, on the Ottoman period. Those aforementioned examples highlight the influence of the political and cultural trends in the Ottoman court on specific landscape formations, which reflect the social structure of the Ottoman Empire and constitute at the same time, the spatial inscription of all political decisions. The methodology adopted in this research with regards to the exploration of the relationship between the building units and the natural surroundings in the selected case studies is based on the theoretical investigation of the cultural background of the Ottomans and their association to the Byzantine heritage, supplemented by in situ research in thoroughly selected case studies across Greece. The results of this combined methodological toolset attested to the fact that the Ottomans, through the use of spatial and cultural elements deriving either from their oriental background or from the local established ones, altered the spatial qualities of their surroundings in a way that the emerging political ideologies, the financial power, and the imperial glory of the Ottomans were manifested into the landscape.
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Major, Róbert, and Balázs Kósa. "Religious Architecture in Pécs during the Period of Ottoman Hungary." Műszaki Tudományos Közlemények 11, no. 1 (October 1, 2019): 133–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.33894/mtk-2019.11.29.
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Abstract In today’s increased pace of life there are some things with incomparable meanings that we are getting too used to. Because of this, architects today play a very big role in the defense of the legacy of our architecture. It is our duty and responsibility to keep defending this legacy, but not stop at just the level of simple preservation. The city of Pécs is filled with architectural remains from different time periods, but most of all buildings from the era of Ottoman Hungary. This architectural heritage was left from one of the bloodiest time periods from the history of our country, and it has become a symbol for the city. In the shadow of the Ottoman Empire, Pécs became an important trading and cultural center, being a bridge between east and west, north and south. While some of the buildings left from this era were brought to public awareness, a lot of them were forgotten, and only a few people know about the architectural treasures the city holds. In this paper I would like to highlight some of the forgotten Ottoman heritage, focusing on the religious buildings. As a conclusion to this paper, I would like to present an architectural plan to bring attention to these buildings.
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ÜNLÜ, Ertan. "Auction Practices in the Early Modern Period Ottoman Empire." Çanakkale Araştırmaları Türk Yıllığı 21, no. 33 (October 24, 2022): 136–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.17518/canakkalearastirmalari.1170673.
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Nowadays, auction is a popular sales mechanism that is used for a wide range of and the various purposes, from works of art to real estate, from food to clothing and hobby products. This mechanism, which includes the sale of the goods to the buyer who gives the highest bidder, is also defined by different terms such as open bidding and vendue etc. The auction practice, which has been seen in this way since ancient times, was also used in the early modern period Ottoman world. Therefore, the focus of this article is auction practices in the early modern period Ottoman Empire. The purpose of this is to understand whether the auction had a formation phase in the Ottoman Empire or not. In this direction, the subject has been examined around movable goods and the capital of the empire is at the centre of the study. The sources of the article constitute the lists of heritage and old property, which sold, and auction registers in the Ottoman Archives.
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Artkan, Merve. "A RESEARCH ON THE USE OF OTTOMAN-ISLAMIC HERITAGE AS A CONSUMPTION OBJECT IN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE." Journal of Islamic Architecture 6, no. 4 (December 26, 2021): 338–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/jia.v6i4.11811.
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The Islamic heritage contains a rich cultural diversity with residential and public buildings such as traditional houses, mosques, palaces, and caravanserais that belong to the Ottoman Empire period. The character of the Islamic tradition is reflected in the environment-form-space organizations and construction techniques of these buildings. But today, the influence of the Islamic heritage has begun to be represented with the dominance of consumption-oriented culture and technology. The references taken from the architecture influenced by Islam are reduced to pure visuality and fashion. Especially, Ottoman architecture and its traditional elements become consumption objects that put visuality in the foreground in contemporary design practices. The Ottoman-Islamic heritage is referenced by imitating traditional buildings’ facades or copying structural elements. These new buildings produced with today’s technologies under the name of continuity of historical culture aim to fulfill the demands of the capitalist economy rather than conveying the essence of design. The study criticizes the transformation of Ottoman-Islamic architecture’s authenticity into “looking/pretending authentic” as a theme. In this context, this study discusses the Ottoman-Islamic heritage has become an object of consumption through a variety of examples that are located in Turkey such as hotels, shopping centers, residential buildings.
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KOCYIGIT, Oguz. "LATE OTTOMAN PERIOD CULTURAL HERITAGE OF ÇANAKKALE: COMMERCIAL AND PRODUCTION BUILDINGS." TÜRKİYE BİLİMLER AKADEMİSİ KÜLTÜR ENVANTERİ DERGİSİ, no. 15 (July 14, 2017): 127–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.22520/tubaked.2017.15.008.
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Gusić, Monika. "Ottoman religious architecture in Croatia." St open 3 (April 28, 2022): 1–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.48188/so.3.3.
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Objective: To provide a description and analysis of built, surviving, and lost Ottoman religious monuments in Croatia within the historical and sociopolitical context. Methods: Based on the analysis of relevant published sources, historical maps, online sources, as well as site analysis, we provide a description of Ottoman architectural, religious, and cultural heritage in the contemporary Croatian regions of the Dalmatian hinterland and Slavonia. This includes the art historical interpretation of the remains of the three surviving 16th-century domed mosques in three Croatian towns: Klis (today, the Catholic Church of St. Vitus in the Fortress), Drniš (now incorporated into the Catholic Church of St. Anthony held by the Franciscans), and Đakovo (today, the Catholic Church of All Saints). Results: The period of Ottoman rule saw the construction of a great number of Ottoman religious buildings in what is now the territory of the Republic of Croatia. There were two methods of mosque establishment: from the ground up, or by repurposing an older building, generally of Christian origin. With cessation of Ottoman rule these objects decayed and became less interesting for reutilization for Christian religious purposes. Many such converted objects perished in spite of their new utilization. The site analysis revealed the continuity of these sacred places in spite of religious conversion of the sacral site. Conclusion: The introduction of Ottoman architectural and urbanistic features was the defining feature of urban development in Croatia during the Ottoman era. In the settlements, the Ottomans built both sacral and utilitarian profane buildings, but Ottoman religious buildings were the most prominent. In the territory of present day Croatia, only three such Ottoman places of worship remain in existence as structures, albeit reconverted into Catholic churches. Today, due to the conversion and renovation works, they represent a fusion of several stylistic periods.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Ottoman period heritage"
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Gurol, Ongoren Pelin. "Displaying Cultural Heritage, Defining Collective Identity: Museums From The Late Ottoman Empire To The Early Turkish Republic." Phd thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12614547/index.pdf.
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As the powerful visual instruments of modernity, museums have been formulated in multiple narratives under the impact of political ideologies in the modern world. The study aims to analyze the museums of different socio-political contexts of the late Ottoman Empire and the early Turkish Republic comparatively by examining to what extent their buildings, collections, and displaying methods were utilized in the formation of collective identities as part of contemporary imperialist, nationalist, and modernist ideologies. The overall aim of the study is to analyze how history and cultural heritage were perceived and processed for the definition of a common cultural identity in the two different historical contexts by focusing on their display in museums. This study examines pioneering archaeological and ethnographic museums in Turkey, focusing on the Ottoman Imperial Museum [Müze-i Hü
mayun (1887-1891)], the Museum of Pious Foundations [Evkaf-i Islamiye Mü
zesi (1914)], Ankara Ethnographical Museum (1925-1927
opened in 1930), the non-implemented project including a National Museum (also called as Hittite Museum) (1933), and the Hittite Museum (also known as Eti Mü
zesi
and later called as Anatolian Civilizations Museum) (restoration began in 1938)]. In order to provide a critical evaluation, the study utilizes the knowledge produced not only in architecture but also in history, archaeology, ethnography, and museology while analyzing the formation of those museums within their contexts.
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Hireche, Farid. "Les jardins d'Alger de l'époque ottomane (XVIᵉ - XIXᵉ siècle). Histoire Paysage & Patrimoine." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Orléans, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024ORLE1077.
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Les jardins historiques d'Algérie de l'époque ottomane (XVIe - XIXe siècles) ont subi de nombreuses amputations. De nombreux jardins ont tout simplement disparu, voire subi des transformations irrémédiables. L'urbanisation des campagnes dans lesquelles ils s'épanouissaient a rendu leur lecture difficile, d'un point de vue purement paysager. Lorsque ces propriétés sont du ressort du domaine public, se pose l'épineuse question de la patrimonialisation de cet héritage culturel, qui peine à former un centre d'intérêt partagé, une identité commune, malgré les réglementations patrimoniales mises en place par les autorités politiques successives. D'un point de vue urbanistique, les jardins aujourd'hui insérés dans un tissu dense sont amenés à évoluer du fait même du métabolisme urbain. Se pose alors la question de la place des jardins historiques ottomans dans la planification urbaine. Quels modes d'appropriation sont à l'œuvre par leurs nouveaux propriétaires privés ou publics ? Comment rendre accessible ces jardins historiques au grand public ? Quelles stratégies doctrinales entériner pour la valorisation culturelle de ces jardins historiques ? Quel rôle peuvent-ils jouer dans la fabrique de la ville durable et écologique de demain ? Quelle approche territoriale et paysagère employer pour les intégrer aux trames verte et bleue existantes ? Quelle place attribuer aux éléments hydrauliques disséminés dans le tissu urbain dense et aux paysages culturels liés à l'eau encore en place ? C'est ce type de questionnement que cette thèse de doctorat en Histoire, mention patrimoine tentera d'approfondir et de solutionnerThe historic gardens of Algeria from the Ottoman era (16th - 19th centuries) have suffered numerous amputations. Many gardens have simply disappeared, or even undergone irremediable transformations. The urbanization of the countryside in which they flourished made them difficult to read, from a purely landscape point of view. When these properties are in the public domain, the thorny question of cultural heritage arises, which struggles to form a shared center of interest, a common identity, despite the heritage regulations put in place by the successive political authorities. From an urban planning point of view, gardens today inserted into a dense fabric are bound to evolve due to urban metabolism. The question then arises of the place of historic Ottoman gardens in urban planning. What modes of appropriation are at work by their new private or public owners? How can we make these historic gardens accessible to the general public? What doctrinal strategies should be endorsed for the cultural valorization of these historic gardens? What role can they play in creating the sustainable and ecological city of tomorrow? What territorial and landscape approach should be used to integrate them into the existing green and blue framework? What place should be given to hydraulic elements scattered throughout the dense urban fabric and to cultural landscapes linked to water still in place? It is this type of questioning that this doctoral thesis in History option Heritage will attempt to explore and resolve
Book chapters on the topic "Ottoman period heritage"
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Murre-Van Den Berg, Heleen. "Chaldæans and Assyrians: the Church of the East in the Ottoman Period." In The Christian Heritage of Iraq, edited by John Watt, Sidney H. Griffith, Florence Jullien, Sebastian P. Brock, Suha Rassam, Wassilios Klein, Alexei Savchenko, et al., 146–64. Piscataway, NJ, USA: Gorgias Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.31826/9781463217136-015.
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Atasoy, Alper. "Science of Mechanics in the Ottoman Classical Period (14–18th Century)." In Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms, 47–62. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54876-5_4.
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Türkmenoğlu, Bihter. "Construction Tools Used by Ottoman Architects and Engineers in the Classical Period." In Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms, 145–52. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54876-5_10.
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Yazbak, Mahmoud. "The Ottoman Empire and Its Heritage." In Haifa in the Late Ottoman Period, 1864-1914, 263–64. BRILL, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004661134_017.
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"The Ottoman Period (1517–1798): Beyond Persecution or Tolerance." In The Coptic Christian Heritage, 70–86. Routledge, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315883892-13.
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Kostadinovska, Maja, Irena Naumovska, Zorica Jakovleska Spirovska, and Tatijana Kančevska Smičkovska. "A Decorated Islamic Manuscript from the Ottoman Turkish Period:." In Bridging Science and Heritage in the Balkans: Studies in Archaeometry and Cultural Heritage Restoration and Conservation, 110–14. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/jj.15135885.14.
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Erdoğan, Nevnihal. "History of Edirne and the City’s Form." In The Architecture Heritage of Edirne, 1–14. BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/9789815223040124010002.
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Situated in Thrace (Trakya) on the European side of the Marmara Region of Turkey, the city of Edirne is today important as a border city that ranks as a cultural and university center. Because it served as one of the Ottoman Empire’s three historical capital cities (the others being Bursa and Istanbul), the city is an open-air museum with very important monuments and architectural elements. Among the historical buildings still extant are mosques, charity complexes, bridges, old shop buildings, caravansaries, palaces, historical houses, and their quarters. Developing out of its former role as an old Byzantine fortress, the city advanced greatly as a Turkish-Muslim city during the Ottoman Empire. Its development was significantly boosted by construction and improvements ordered by the successive sultans, in their first-degree positions, and by high-ranking state officials of second and third-degree positions. The significance of the role they played in the development of the city is evident from the fact that they gave their names to many neighborhoods. The concept of centralization became the catalyst for a significant change in the old Paleo-Christian fortress city of Edirne. Ottoman monuments and shopping areas began to cluster in the northeastern corner of the city. Within a period of 200 years after the Turkish conquest, Edirne had acquired the look of a developed city with new districts and inhabited quarters. Edirne’s form is the result of three distinct types of urban development specific to the three periods of urban history: Roman/Byzantine, Ottoman, and Modern. The Roman/Byzantine form was included in the Ottoman city, which took on a more homogeneous form in the modern era.
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Benli, Gülhan, and Aysun Ferrah Güner. "Two Unique Protected Sites with a Modern Heritage in Historical Peninsula in Istanbul." In Cultural Influences on Architecture, 130–56. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1744-3.ch005.
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Suleymaniye and Zeyrek areas in the Historical Peninsula containing a combination of the architectural works of different religions, different cultures and communities are two districts which were entitled to be included in UNESCO world heritage list from Istanbul in 1985. Traditional architectural texture in Zeyrek and Suleymaniye among some unique districts of Istanbul, which brings neighborhood-centered lifestyle of Ottoman period in the past to the present, basically consists of wooden houses. Diverging process has affected on these two unique residential areas having their own hierarchical and political characteristics by planned development activities in time and it was forced to sacrifice many works belonging to Ottoman period within the borders. Another modern building obtained as a result of the competition in the Republican Period practically undertakes the task of combining these two estranged areas. Characteristics of the said two protected areas, diverging process and modern heritage acting as a buffer shall be examined in this study.
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Luz, Nimrod. "The Holy Land from the Mamluk Sultanate to the Ottoman Empire." In The Oxford History of the Holy Land, 227–54. Oxford University PressOxford, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192886866.003.0010.
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Abstract This chapter narrates a history of the Holy Land over a long stretch of time from 1260 to 1799. During this period two main political powers ruled the Holy Land: the Mamluk Sultanate and the Ottoman Empire. These two very different political entities shared a common heritage and many characteristics as they were both of Asian-Turkic origin and relatively late comers to the world of Islam. The analysis begins with the Battle of Ayn Jalut between the Mamluks and the Mongols, after which the Holy Land became part of the embryonic Mamluk Sultanate. It would be under the rule of the Mamluk Sultanate for c.270 years. In 1517, following the eastern expansion of the Ottoman Empire under Selim I, the Holy Land (as part of Greater Syria) entered a new period. It would remain under the Ottomans’ rule nominally until 1917. However, in the course of these 400 years there were many times when the Holy Land was controlled by local governors who did not pay heed to instructions arriving from the sultan in Istanbul. In 1798–9 the region experienced the Napoleonic invasion which not only exposed the weaknesses of the Ottoman Empire but also marked an historical watershed in the history of the Middle East. This episode, during which the winds of modernization, Westernization, and growing European influence buffet the Holy Land, concludes this chapter.
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"Holy Places—Contested Heritage: Dealing with Cultural Heritage in the Region of Palestine from the Ottoman Period until Today." In Cultural Heritage in the Crosshairs, 263–86. BRILL, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004251427_014.
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Weller, Paul. "ROBUSTNESS AND CIVILITY: THEMES FROM FETHULLAH GÜLEN AS RESOURCE AND CHALLENGE FOR GOVERNMENT, MUSLIMS AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM." In Muslim World in Transition: Contributions of the Gülen Movement. Leeds Metropolitan University Press, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.55207/cdcf7302.
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The 7/7 (2005) attack on London Transport by Muslims brought up in the UK shocked the Government, many Muslims, and the wider civil society. Subsequently, the UK’s ‘multi- culturalist’ policy consensus has been subject to intensive questioning. Politicians and some parts of civil society have challenged a perceived ‘separatism’ among Muslims; emphasised a need for shared values and social cohesion; and advocated the promotion of ‘moderate Islam’ and ‘moderate Muslims’. This paper argues that, in legitimising simplistic distinctions between ‘good’ (understood as ‘liberal’ or ‘modernist’) and ‘bad’ or ‘suspect’ (understood as ‘traditionalist’, ‘radical’ or ‘fundamentalist’) Muslims and forms of Islam, there is a risk of eliding the condemnation of terrorist crimes conducted on religious grounds into the criminalisation, or at least social marginalisation, of religious conservatism and/or radicalism. This approach, it is argued, is more likely to undermine the development of inclusive approaches to the common good and that what is needed instead are authentically Islamic approaches that can offer both a resource and a challenge to Government, Muslims and the wider civil society. Finally, it is argued that such resource and challenge can be found in themes from Fethullah Gülen’s teaching. Gülen, on Islamic grounds, condemns terrorism in the name of religion. Further, being rooted in a confident Ottoman Muslim civilisational heritage and having during the period of the Turkish Republic engaged with both ideological ‘secularism’ and political ‘Islamism’, he also offers a critique of the political instrumentalisation of Islam while ar- guing for an active Muslim engagement with the wider (religious and secular) society based on a distinctive Islamic vision characterised by a robustness and civility that could make a positive contribution in the present UK context.
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Ismail, Salah. "The Hidden Heritage of Ankara Citadel: an Ambigous Future between Conservation and Transformation." In INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARCHITECTURAL AND CIVIL ENGINEERING 2020. Cihan University-Erbil, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.24086/aces2020/paper.223.
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Although Ankara gained international attention mainly after its declaration as Capital of the Turkish Republic in 1923, the city hosts many buildings and monuments from different historical eras. The remains of Roman, Byzantine, Seljuk and Ottoman Empires discovered in the center of the city, clearly bear witness to the rich and diverse heritage of the capital. However, this heritage appears as less documented, studied and even not properly conserved. The citadel of Ankara, which dominates the narrow streets of the old city has withstood its long history very well and today houses a small neighborhood made up of valuable Ottoman wooden buildings. The link to the Roman and Medieval periods is still tangible. The Roman theatre remains at the foot of the hill are still observable, while the stone columns and beams used in the construction of the walls in a later era. The aim of this paper is to document and present the different historical eras of the castle, focusing on the remains of the medieval era. Analyzing the key features of the castle and the previous intervention on it will support the identification of the potentials of the site. Finally, recommendations for future work of architectural preservation will be elaborated on the basis of national and international conservation guidelines.
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Nesterov, Tamara, Sergiu Musteață, and Andrei Gherțen. "Castelul Tighina al Cetății Bender: Geografia, istoria, arheologia, arhitectura și studierea controversată a complexului fortificat." In Cercetarea și valorificarea patrimoniului arheologic medieval. "Ion Creanga" State Pedagogical University, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.37710/idn-c12-2022-132-153.
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The controversial and in many ways mysterious history of the Bender Fortress – one of the largest fortified complexes in the Black Sea region – has long attracted the attention of specialists in various fields of historical sciences. However, due to the fact that the fortress continued to be used according to its original destination (part of the territory is still occupied by a military garrison, in 2008 the complex was partially opened for visits), full field research began only in last years. The Tigina-Bender fortification was gradually formed and developed throughout the medieval and modern periods. The site occupies a vast territory, fortified with earth and stone bastions, adjacent to the bank of the Dniester a rectangular stone citadel. Its origin is uncertain, but the development stages could be recognized by the architectural elements. Authors of this paper based on the available sources, they try to re-evaluate the dating, architecture and history of the fortification system at Tigina-Bender. Only a few written sources have proven to be the cornerstone of the official history of Tigina Castle and Bender Fortress. These are the memoirs of the Turkish traveler Evliya Celebi, who visited Bender in 1655, naming Mimar Sinan, who accompanied the sultan in his campaign to punish the Moldavian ruler Petru Rareș, the city’s architect, in 1538. Construction of the complex. The construction of the Bender fortress by the Turkish architect should be called into question due to the numerous historical information, in which there are no reports of the construction of a castle in Tigina after 1538, espe cially considering the mentions of the locality long before this year. The history of Tigina Castle, built on the banks of the Dniester and known from the writings of contemporaries in the period before the sixteenth century, when according to other historical accounts received the new name, in the twentieth century was replaced by scientific opinion with that of the fortress. Bender. This „change of origins” has been accepted by most historians, due to the method of study: the exclusive use of documentary information and selective and total trust in the content of texts, neglecting the research of documents with other information, to which is added the scarcity of published documents regarding Tigina and Bender. In the case of the use of the fortress after the original destination and insistence of the historians who supported the Turkish origin of the Bender fortress, claiming material evidence of the fortress’s antiquity for a long time was not possible. The interdisciplinary research of the fortified complex Tigina-Bender, at the intersection between architecture, archeology, history and geography would allow the creation of the correct evaluation of the cultural heritage monument. Of great importance, for solving complex problems in the history of architecture are archaeological research, analysis of old maps and plans, which, as a whole, are invaluable sources on the history, geography and toponymy of the Northwest Black Sea region, studied so far in fragments. The complex analysis of the architecture of the Bender fortress, whose complete study has not yet been completed, confirms the hypotheses identified during the preliminary historical, cartographic and archaeological research regarding the presence at Tigina of the fortification prior to the conquest by the Ottoman Porte.
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Buka, Iden, and Marsela Plyku Demaj. "Revisiting Durrës, A Critical analysis on the existence of Durrës Historic Centre." In International Conference of Tirana Planning Week. POLIS University Press, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.37199/c41000704.
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Durrës, a seacoast city with an uninterrupted urban life and a history spanning several millennia, has seen the influence of numerous civilizations, from the Illyrians, Greeks and Romans to the Byzantines, Venetians and Ottomans, embodying and displaying a rich inventory of archaeological, cultural and architectural heritage. Its consistent strategic importance has continuously attracted urban development often negatively impacting layers of history and unfortunately erasing in many cases significant tangible archaeological and architectural testimonies from different periods. It is worth noting that the historic layers of 20th century including neoclassical, premodern and communist architecture is one of the layers that is mostly unstudied and generally underrated. Triggered by the fact that the underground of Durrës was one of the three first Albanian urban ensembles designated as “Museum City” since 1961 and that there was a specific regulation drawn for the protection of the historic centre since 1986, the question remains: what constitutes now the historic centre of Durrës? In attempting to respond to this question, this paper examines the city’s morphological evolution in both urban and architectural scale, aiming to define what can now be defined as the historic core of the city. The study adopts the Historic Urban Landscape approach, promoting a holistic understanding of the heritage urban layers and their significance.
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Munteanu, Angela. "Times and the interior and exterior architectural stylistic character of the Romanian-Moldovan traditional dwelling, incontestable museum decoration." In Patrimoniul cultural: cercetare, valorificare, promovare. Institute of Cultural Heritage, Republic of Moldova, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.52603/9789975351379.09.
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Every nation has a history of multiple cultural, ethnic, linguistic interferences, which complement each other from one century to another. The Romanian people have a tumultuous past, with periods of Ottoman occupation, the liberation and unification of Greater Romania, but also the separation from the mother country after the Second World War. Currently, the political and national development path of the Republic of Moldova is struggling between the East and the West. Romanian traditional stylistics represents us through culture, tradition, and customs. We have a valuable cultural heritage inherited from our ancestors, characterized by architecture and folklore, costumes, traditions, and national holidays, which bring back the beautiful spring, winter, and autumn holidays of yesteryear. The home is a peasant house, today a monument of traditional-vernacular architecture (made by folk craftsmen) with architecture specific to each area of the Republic of Moldova, has currently become an ethnographic museum of this richly endowed land. The peasant house is the interior space characterized by the inhabitants of a country. The constructions had a plan, size, and aspect influenced by the physical-geographical conditions of the natural environment, by the particularities and specifics of the household system, historically and socially conditioned. Starting from the stylistic origins of manifestation in interior design and architecture, the traditional Romanian-Moldovan style can be aligned in a rustic ethnic style, monuments of peasant architecture. Therefore, according to its characteristics the rustic style represents the preservation or conservation of the traditional, the old, the folklore of a people, which makes you immediately think of the family home in an atmosphere torn from a fairy tale, sitting on a soft carpet in front of the fireplace (sobă). The rustic style is closely linked to tradition and the countryside. Traditional architecture, regardless of country and geographical area, presupposes the use of natural materials from the environment where the houses are built – wooden beams, stone, clay, straw both inside and outside. For example, the peoples of Romania, Moldova, Ukraine used wood in forested areas and stone in mountain areas.