ARCHITECTURAL AND STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MİMAR SİNAN MOSQUES: A CLASSIFICATION STUDY
Öz
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.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Ottoman, Mimar Sinan, Mosque, Typology, Islamic Architecture
Kaynakça
- Acun, H. (1999). Manisa’da Türk Devri Yapıları. Türk Tarih Kurumu.
- Akçıl, N. Ç. (1992). Üç Şerefeli Camii ve Külliyesi. TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi, 5, 227-280.
- Akyürek, M., E. (2024). A Topological and Technological Transformation Model of Mimar Sinan’s Mosques to the Present, Journal of Islamic Architecture, 8(1): 91-105, http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/jia.v8i1.23694.
- Alioğlu, F., Köroğlu, N. (2011). Mimar Sinan Camilerinde Modüler Sistem, Sigma, 3, 331-340.
- Altun, A. (1988). Ortaçağ Türk Mimarlığının Ana Hatları İçin Bir Özet. Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları.
- Aslan, A. (2016). Süleymaniye Camii’nin Yerel Zemin Koşullarına Bağlı Deprem Performansının Değerlendirilmesi. Master diss., Yıldız Teknik University.
- Aslanapa, O. (1986). Osmanlı Devri Mimarisi, İnkılap Kitabevi.
- Aslanapa, O. (1988). Mimar Sinan’ın Hayatı ve Eserleri. Ankara: Türk Kültürünü Araştırma Enstitüsü.
- Ayvansarayi, H., Efendi. (2001). Hadikatü’l-Cevami, İstambul Camileri ve diğer Dini-Sivil Mi’mari Yapılar, İstanbul: İşaret Yayınları.
- Barkan, Ö., L. (1972). Süleymaniye Camii ve İmareti İnşaatı (1550-1557) (Cilt I-II), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi.
