Research Article

FESHANE-İ ÂMİRE: THE TRANSFORMATİON OF INDUSTRİAL HERİTAGE FROM THE OTTOMAN ERA TO THE PRESENT

Volume: 5 Number: 1 August 21, 2026
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FESHANE-İ ÂMİRE: THE TRANSFORMATİON OF INDUSTRİAL HERİTAGE FROM THE OTTOMAN ERA TO THE PRESENT

Abstract

This article analyses the long-term transformation of Feshane-i Âmire from a nineteenth-century Ottoman state factory into the twenty-first-century cultural venue Artİstanbul Feshane. Adopting a qualitative, historical-interpretive case study approach, it combines archival and documentary research, historical photographs and plans, and onsite spatial observations with a critical reading of contemporary exhibition and communication materials. The study first reconstructs Feshane’s role within Ottoman industrialisation, highlighting the introduction of steam technology, its function as a training ground for industrial skills and its later integration into Republican industrial policy. It then foregrounds the entry of women workers during the First World War as a turning point that reconfigured labour relations and gendered visibility in the urban public sphere. Finally, the article examines the recent adaptive reuse of the complex as a contemporary art centre, questioning how narratives of industrial modernity and women’s labour are mobilised, aestheticised or silenced. In doing so, it argues that Feshane constitutes a critical lens for rethinking industrial heritage at the intersection of conservation, gender and cultural identity in Istanbul.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Architectural Heritage and Conservation

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

August 21, 2026

Submission Date

January 4, 2026

Acceptance Date

August 10, 2026

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Volume: 5 Number: 1

APA
Ergün, P., & Ciritci, İ. (2026). FESHANE-İ ÂMİRE: THE TRANSFORMATİON OF INDUSTRİAL HERİTAGE FROM THE OTTOMAN ERA TO THE PRESENT. Karesi Journal of Architecture, 5(1). https://izlik.org/JA46RZ37EA
AMA
1.Ergün P, Ciritci İ. FESHANE-İ ÂMİRE: THE TRANSFORMATİON OF INDUSTRİAL HERİTAGE FROM THE OTTOMAN ERA TO THE PRESENT. KJA. 2026;5(1). https://izlik.org/JA46RZ37EA
Chicago
Ergün, Pinar, and İlke Ciritci. 2026. “FESHANE-İ ÂMİRE: THE TRANSFORMATİON OF INDUSTRİAL HERİTAGE FROM THE OTTOMAN ERA TO THE PRESENT”. Karesi Journal of Architecture 5 (1). https://izlik.org/JA46RZ37EA.
EndNote
Ergün P, Ciritci İ (August 1, 2026) FESHANE-İ ÂMİRE: THE TRANSFORMATİON OF INDUSTRİAL HERİTAGE FROM THE OTTOMAN ERA TO THE PRESENT. Karesi Journal of Architecture 5 1
IEEE
[1]P. Ergün and İ. Ciritci, “FESHANE-İ ÂMİRE: THE TRANSFORMATİON OF INDUSTRİAL HERİTAGE FROM THE OTTOMAN ERA TO THE PRESENT”, KJA, vol. 5, no. 1, Aug. 2026, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA46RZ37EA
ISNAD
Ergün, Pinar - Ciritci, İlke. “FESHANE-İ ÂMİRE: THE TRANSFORMATİON OF INDUSTRİAL HERİTAGE FROM THE OTTOMAN ERA TO THE PRESENT”. Karesi Journal of Architecture 5/1 (August 1, 2026). https://izlik.org/JA46RZ37EA.
JAMA
1.Ergün P, Ciritci İ. FESHANE-İ ÂMİRE: THE TRANSFORMATİON OF INDUSTRİAL HERİTAGE FROM THE OTTOMAN ERA TO THE PRESENT. KJA. 2026;5. Available at https://izlik.org/JA46RZ37EA.
MLA
Ergün, Pinar, and İlke Ciritci. “FESHANE-İ ÂMİRE: THE TRANSFORMATİON OF INDUSTRİAL HERİTAGE FROM THE OTTOMAN ERA TO THE PRESENT”. Karesi Journal of Architecture, vol. 5, no. 1, Aug. 2026, https://izlik.org/JA46RZ37EA.
Vancouver
1.Pinar Ergün, İlke Ciritci. FESHANE-İ ÂMİRE: THE TRANSFORMATİON OF INDUSTRİAL HERİTAGE FROM THE OTTOMAN ERA TO THE PRESENT. KJA [Internet]. 2026 Aug. 1;5(1). Available from: https://izlik.org/JA46RZ37EA

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