Jewish Orientalism around Beytulmakdis in the Ottoman era

Comparative comparison of architecture patterns of Iranian and Turkish mosques turning to the ottoman era

In the far pasts, Turkey was one of the countries with diverse civilizations. It has been rich and affected by Byzantine architecture of the architectural view point. The entry of Islam into Turkey and the formation of Islamic governments during the Ottoman era led to the formation of a particular type of Islamic architecture in Turkey. The architecture of Turkey mosques is one of the most prom...

Television and Orientalism

Orientalism, proposed by Edward Said (1995), refers to the network of interlocking discourses about the “orient” constructed in western civilization. The orients, in western conceptions, are stereotypically inflated others drastically different from the collective imagination of the civilized West. Said’s argument was initially focused more on Europe and Islamic Culture, but has been applied to...

A Comparative Study of The Patterns of Carpets in The Paintings of The Timurid Era of Iran with The Ottoman Holbein Carpets

With the beginning of the 8th century AH / 14 AD, until the end of the 10th century AH /16 AD, One of the illustrious era of Iranian carpets occurs, due to the importance of the stylistic changes of hand-woven carpets in this era, many ambiguities have been created in the quiddity of Iranian carpets due to the small number of existing examples. Despite the few references in this era, including ...

The Politics of Istanbul's Ottoman Heritage in the Era of Globalism Refractions through the Prism of a Theme Park

The current resurgence of interest in Istanbul's Ottoman past, and its transformation into a key site of political struggles, cannot be divorced from transnational trends. In the world of late capitalism that we experience today, large metropolises figure prominently as core settings for the display and promotion of 'cultural heritage' as a marketable commodity. The symbolic and economic comodi...

Book Review: China and Orientalism