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Ottoman Tombstones

Ottoman Tombstones

(1744 words)
December 1, 2025

Ottoman tombstones are important cultural heritage elements that reflect the aesthetic understanding of Turkish-Islamic art and provide information about the social, cultural, and religious life of their time. These stones contain details regarding individuals’ identities, professions, statuses, and life stories, while also serving as artistic objects enriched by calligraphy, stone craftsmanship, and symbolic motifs. Throughout history, these monuments, which evolved from Central Asian tradition

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Elif Laçin

Elif Laçin

Ottoman Tombstones

Ottoman Tombstones

(1733 words)
July 14, 2026

Ottoman tombstones are important cultural heritage elements that reflect the aesthetic understanding of Turkish-Islamic art and provide information about the social, cultural, and religious life of their time. These stones contain details regarding individuals’ identities, professions, statuses, and life stories, and constitute artistic objects enriched with calligraphy, stonemasonry, and symbolic motifs. Throughout history, these monuments, which evolved from Central Asian traditions and merged

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Elif Laçin

Elif Laçin

Shusha Upper Gövher Ağa Camii

Shusha Upper Gövher Ağa Camii

(1241 words)
December 5, 2025

Yukarı Gövher Ağa Camii is located in the city of Shusha, within the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, and was constructed in the 19th century. It is regarded as one of the finest examples of Turkic-Islamic architecture in Azerbaijan. The mosque was built between 1883 and 1885 at the initiative of Gövher Ağa, daughter of Karabakh Khan Ibrahim Khalil Khan, with the architect being the renowned Azerbaijani master Kerbelayi Sefi Han. The structure is the first of Shusha’s two-minaret mosques,

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Fatih Atalay

Fatih Atalay

Shusha Upper Gövher Ağa Camii

Shusha Upper Gövher Ağa Camii

(1195 words)
July 21, 2026

Yukarı Gövher Ağa Camii is located in the city of Shusha, within the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, and was constructed in the 19th century. It is regarded as one of the finest examples of Turkic-Islamic architecture in Azerbaijan. The mosque was built between 1883 and 1885 at the initiative of Gövher Ağa, daughter of Ibrahim Khalil Khan, the ruler of the Karabakh Khanate, with the architect being the renowned Azerbaijani master Kerbelayi Sefi Han. The structure is notable as the first t

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Fatih Atalay

Fatih Atalay