Architectural anatomy of an Ottoman execution

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Salgırlı, Saygın (2013) Architectural anatomy of an Ottoman execution. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 72 (3). pp. 301-321. ISSN 0037-9808 (Print) 2150-5926 (Online)

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Abstract

Architectural Anatomy of an Ottoman Execution provides an architectural analysis of the execution in 1416 of Sheikh Bedreddin as the leader of one of the largest rebellions in Ottoman history. Saygin Salgirli argues that the selection of the execution site in the proximity of three Ottoman monuments in Serres, northern Greece (the Çandarlı Mosque, the first covered market of Serres, and the Gazi Evrenos hospice-kitchen), was closely related to the Ottoman political practice of governance through local institutions established with the hope of maintaining social consensus. By focusing on the relationship between the three monuments and their audiences, Salgirli stresses the contradiction between the conceived and the experienced political effects of the monuments as one of the main reasons behind the Rebellion of 1416. The same contradiction eventually led to the failure of the intended effect of Bedreddin’s public execution, both as a display of authority and as an attempt to reinforce social consensus.
Item Type: Article
Subjects: N Fine Arts > NA Architecture > NA4590-5621Religious architecture
N Fine Arts > NA Architecture > NA190-1555.5 History (Architecture)
D History General and Old World > DS Asia > DS155-156 Asia Minor
D History General and Old World > DS Asia > DS035.3-77 The islamic world
D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
D History General and Old World > DF Greece > DF501-649 Medieval Greece. Byzantine Empire, 323-1453
Divisions: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > History
Foundations Development
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Academic programs > Visual Arts & Communication Design
Depositing User: Saygın Salgırlı
Date Deposited: 16 Sep 2013 09:54
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2019 11:07
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/21858

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