Research Article

Government houses as presentation of power and ideology in the Ottoman State: The case of Safranbolu Government House

Volume: 6 Number: 3 August 7, 2021
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Government houses as presentation of power and ideology in the Ottoman State: The case of Safranbolu Government House

Abstract

Architecture, which is associated with the practice of producing space, has always rendered the powers and ideologies visible. This study investigates the government houses in the 19th century Ottoman State with regard to the notions of power and ideology and focuses on the Government House of Safranbolu. It is known that, in the specified period, government houses were important ideological interventions to urban space. This study aims to address the ideological context of the Safranbolu Government House, which is positioned with the ideal of the state. Based on this, first, the urban history of Safranbolu was examined. The importance of Safranbolu Government House in the history of the city, its relationship with the city, its ideological message to the city-dwellers and its architectural style were analyzed through a method based on archival research. All government houses of the period are the artifacts of urban-spatial structures and their architectural style as well as a shared ideology. Safranbolu Government House, which is one of the structures symbolizing the Ottoman State, was also built with a similar ideological consideration. Thus, the readability of the dominant ideology through the production style of Safranbolu Government House, one of the final period architectural artifacts of the Ottoman State, was verified.

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Primary Language

English

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Research Article

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Publication Date

August 7, 2021

Submission Date

May 10, 2021

Acceptance Date

July 7, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 6 Number: 3

APA
Özmen, S. T. (2021). Government houses as presentation of power and ideology in the Ottoman State: The case of Safranbolu Government House. Journal of Awareness, 6(3), 133-145. https://izlik.org/JA39HC74UM