Think of Turkish architecture and you might conjure images of ornate Ottoman art covering the walls of mosques from floor to ceiling. But take a stroll through any of the more modern, industrial ...

Odunpazari, a town in Turkey located roughly four hours southwest of Istanbul, is known largely for the historical timber market it once housed—the name itself translates to "wood market." As the ...

Can Atalay, Mücella Yapıcı, and Tayfun Kahraman are architects, scholars, and urban planners who were given 18-year prison sentences for criticizing the Turkish government’s response to the 2023 ...

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) has recently opened the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. The design by Ennead Architects aims to balance transparency and ...

The rapidly expanding urban context and real estate development activities in Turkey in the 21st century generated a series of important public buildings for culture, education, sports and public ...

Three jailed Turkish activists, architect Ayse Mucella Yapici, city planner Tayfun Kahraman, and lawyer Can Atalay, have been given the prestigious award for 'speaking out against social injustice'.

A note on history -- Seljuk architecture: stone and fantasy -- Decorative arts: between Byzantium and Central Asia -- Transition and innovation: 14th to 15th century -- 1453: from Constantinople to ...

Forget the simple birdhouse perched on a tree branch, avian houseguests in the Ottoman era were treated like kings thanks to the practice of affixing elaborate bird palaces onto local buildings.

The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate ...