What is Ottoman Culture

 For example, Shirine Hamadeh examines the urban spaces and cultural transformations in 18th century Istanbul, Şehr-i Sefâ: 

 

In his work called Istanbul in the 18th century, he says that we can read the spatial transformations that took place in this period through poetry. He emphasizes that these transformations, which are the result of newly emerging social classes, are visible in all literature in general and poetry in particular.2

 

It is possible to observe the structure of the urban spaces of 18th century Istanbul, not only through poetry, but also through the places where poets gather and communicate with each other. In fact, poetry and the teşrîfat shaped around it give clues to a general understanding of the cultural structure and social life of the Ottoman society. These views, which Hamadeh put forward for the 18th century, can also be said to a certain extent for the 16th century.

 

At this point, of course, it is necessary to consider how the What is Ottoman Culture world was structured. According to Bahar Deniz Calis, the cultural structure of the Ottoman society is based on a cosmological hierarchy. Calis is a poet reciting his poetry in the presence of Ibn Arabi's cosmological hierarchy of Ottoman social life - the Sultan (Anonymous, Tezkiretü'l-Şuara, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek)

 

In A Garden for the Sultan: Gardens and Flowers in the Ottoman Culture, Nurhan Atasoy lists the characteristics of the Ottoman gardens as follows: “It is surrounded by high, fence-like walls; trees were planted by the walls; although there are many different types of trees, at least a few cypress trees and preferably spring blooming trees; rectangular flower beds placed at tree roots; a garden pavilion; a lectern and chair or, if there is a pool or spring water in front of it, a seat for the sultan to sit; the stables of wild animals and horses bred for recreational riding as a symbol of the sultan's rule over three continents.”5

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