The Ottoman administration’s initiatives -based on Western models- to “modernize” the traditional organic urban fabric which had developed in the Empire’s capital over the centuries can be…
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The initial date of construction of the Tower of Justice dates as far back as the reign of Mehmed II (the Conqueror) (1453-1481). Also…
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*This post is compiled from Prof. Dr. Cânâ Bilsel’s articles in the From the Capital of the Empire to the Modern City of the Republic:…
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Raimondo D’Aronco (31 August 1857, Gemona – 3 May 1932, Sanremo) Raimondo D’Aronco was born in Gemona del Friuli in 1857, the eldest of the seven…
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Following Mahmud II’s (r.1809-1839) abolishment of the Janissary Corps in 1826 and the allocation of the Residence of the Agha of the Janissaries to…
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Alfons Maria Schneider, one of the polymaths of his time, illuminated the history of Istanbul with his research, digs and publications from the 1930s…