{"id":33104,"date":"2022-06-06T09:54:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T06:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.turkishairlines.com\/mimar-sinan-the-brilliant-architect-who-built-an-era\/"},"modified":"2023-07-21T11:26:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T08:26:30","slug":"mimar-sinan-the-brilliant-architect-who-built-an-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.turkishairlines.com\/en\/mimar-sinan-the-brilliant-architect-who-built-an-era\/","title":{"rendered":"Mimar Sinan: The brilliant architect who built an era"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Index:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Mimar Sinan<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Praising the Sun and Moon: Mihrimah Sultan Mosque<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The construction of lamentation: \u015eehzade Mosque<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The power symbol of the era: S\u00fcleymaniye Mosque<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Timeless architecture: Ma\u011flova Aqueduct<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The masterpiece of Architect Sinan: Selimiye Mosque<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Mimar Sinan<\/b><\/p><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Mimar Sinan was born in A\u01e7\u0131rnas, Kayseri sometime in the 1490s. His father was a stonemason and carpenter and Sinan planned to follow in his footsteps. Instead, he was brought to \u0130stanbul during the reign of Yavuz Sultan Selim Sinan through the dev\u015firme (child tribute) system. There he was educated in mathematics and carpentry and, as his skills were recognized, in architecture. He joined the Janissary Corps in 1512 and later became a captain in the Royal Guard. According to some sources, Sinan\u2019s illustrious career began during the 1538 Moldovan campaign, when Ottoman troops needed a way to cross the Prut River. The first attempt at building a bridge in the swampy area was a failure. Subsequently, L\u00fctfi Pasha assigned the bridge construction to Sinan who completed it in thirteen days. Sinan thereafter served as the chief architect under three Ottoman emperors. While his first assignments were designing and building infrastructure and other public works, Mimar Sinan architecture brought an unprecedented level of innovation even to these functional structures, all the while honing and developing his techniques. His later designs are the geometric and lyrical expressions of a brilliant mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sinan\u2019s childhood friend, the poet S\u00e2i Mustafa \u00c7elebi, helped Sinan compose his autobiography, the Book of Structures: Tezkiret\u00fc’l-b\u00fcnyan and Tezkiret\u00fc’l-ebniye. Memoirs of Sinan the Architect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Age of Sinan\u201d refers to period when approximately one hundred mosques and more than three hundred and sixty other notable works were built by the architect. Sinan\u2019s tomb, which resembles a compass from above, is in the S\u00fcleymaniye Complex and is today considered his masterpiece. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Praising the Sun and Moon<\/b>: Mihrimah Sultan Mosque<\/b><\/p><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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The Mihrimah Sultan Mosque, erected in the sixteenth century in the Golden City of \u00dcsk\u00fcdar, is the first of the mosques that follow each other with a planned pattern in \u0130stanbul\u2019s urban environment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Suleiman the Magnificent\u2019s only daughter with H\u00fcrrem Sultana was Mihrimah Sultan. It is commonly known that the palatial style of the 16th-century Mihrimah Sultan Mosque was tribute to the sultana\u2019s privileged position in the court. Built in the Golden City of \u00dcsk\u00fcdar, the mosque is set in \u00dcsk\u00fcdar Square, and features lighted windows, pulpits, and a wide terrace \u2013 befitting the elegance of a youthful Ottoman sultan whose name means \u201cSun and Moon\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The construction of lamentation: \u015eehzade Mosque<\/b><\/p><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Mimar Sinan\u2019s works adhered to the dynasty\u2019s hierarchy and architectural etiquette standards: each structure was carefully calculated, and each element designed to complement the others. It is no coincidence that the number of balconies in the minarets increased or decreased, as did the diameters of the domes. The \u015eehzade Mustafa Mosque (1543-1548), Sinan\u2019s first work in \u0130stanbul, was erected in the memory of \u015eehzade Mustafa, brother to Mihrimah Sultan and the son of Suleiman the Magnificent. The prince died at the age of 22 and the mosque built in his honor was designed as a social complex, with an imaret, madrasah, tabhane (nursing home), and tombs, as well as a 19-meter dome. Years later, the 12-meter dome in the Mihrimah Sultan Mosque mimicked the design. The \u015eehzade Mosque, built during Sinan\u2019s apprenticeship, was the first known biaxial and symmetrical mosque in the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The power symbol of the era: S\u00fcleymaniye Mosque<\/b><\/p><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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The S\u00fcleymaniye Mosque is an iconic structure in \u0130stanbul that illustrates Mimar Sinan in Ottoman architecture, Sinan\u2019s brilliance, as well as the historical power of Suleiman the Magnificent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Among of the most prominent monuments of Ottoman-era architecture, the S\u00fcleymaniye Mosque is on the outskirts of \u0130stanbul \u2019s Fatih neighborhood. An iconic structure in \u0130stanbul that illustrates Sinan\u2019s brilliance as well as the historical power of Suleiman the Magnificent, the mosque was erected between 1551 and 1557, during Sinan\u2019s \u2018apprenticeship period\u2019 and by order of Suleiman. The S\u00fcleymaniye Mosque features a dome that is 27.5 meters in diameter and 53 meters high. Its four minarets represent Suleiman\u2019s rank as the Ottoman Empire\u2019s fourth sultan following the conquest of \u0130stanbul , while the ten minaret balconies represent the Ottoman Empire\u2019s tenth sultan. Among the most intriguing and praiseworthy qualities of the S\u00fcleymaniye Mosque is its acoustic construction, which can retain sound in the air for three and a half seconds. Throughout its 465-year history, the mosque has endured nearly one hundred earthquakes undamaged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mimar Sinan in historical landmarks and timeless architecture: The Ma\u011flova Aqueduct<\/strong><\/b><\/p><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Erected between 1554 and 1563 to supply water to \u0130stanbul, the Ma\u011flova Aqueduct dates from Sinan\u2019s \u2018master stage\u2019. The aqueduct was destroyed by a storm after its completion but Sinan rebuilt it, deploying innovative techniques. Still standing today in what is now the borders of \u0130stanbul’s Sultangazi and Ey\u00fcp districts, the aqueduct is 255 meters long and 38 meters high. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The masterpiece of Architect Sinan: Selimiye Mosque<\/b><\/p><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Included on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the 16th-century Selimiye Mosque was erected for Sultan Selim II.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex is in Edirne. Considered among the world\u2019s architectural splendours, the Mimar Sinan Mosque of Selim II is larger than the Hagia Sophia. The Selimiye Mosque is connected by arches that are six meters wide. It is regarded worldwide as a one-of-a-kind structure and has some of the finest examples of stone, marble, tile, wood, and mother-of-pearl craftsmanship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sources:<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anadolu Agency<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

britannica.com<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

dailysabah.com<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0130BB TV<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

kulturportali.gov.tr<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

uskudar.bel.tr<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Index: About Mimar Sinan Praising the Sun and Moon: Mihrimah Sultan Mosque The construction of lamentation: \u015eehzade Mosque The power symbol of the era: S\u00fcleymaniye Mosque Timeless architecture: Ma\u011flova Aqueduct The masterpiece of Architect Sinan: Selimiye Mosque About Mimar Sinan Mimar Sinan was born in A\u01e7\u0131rnas, Kayseri sometime in the 1490s. His father was a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":32596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[325,228,147],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-33104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-art-holiday","8":"category-historical-places-to-visit-and-routes","9":"category-trip-ideas"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.turkishairlines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.turkishairlines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.turkishairlines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.turkishairlines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.turkishairlines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.turkishairlines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40041,"href":"https:\/\/blog.turkishairlines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33104\/revisions\/40041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.turkishairlines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.turkishairlines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.turkishairlines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.turkishairlines.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}