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When it was realised that schulpture was not only an abstract kind of art but also a means of decorating parks, squares and cities, Turkish
schulpture took its place alongside Turkish painting.

A Traditional Turkish Tile

A Traditional Turkish Tile

   Architecture : Before the adoptionof Islam, Turkish architecture had been highly developed in the time of the Uigurs in Turkestan and among the Turkish tribes in China prior to the Uigurs. Turks knew the dome style long before the Arabs, Arabs began to use domes in their building after they had examined Roman works.
   Mosque, inns, medreeses, mausoleums and caravanserai are important in Anatolian Seljuk architecture.
The Alaeddin Mosque (12th century), in Konya is an important example.
   The other masterpieces of Seljuk architecture are :
Ulu Mosque( The Great Mosque ) and Darüşşifa ( Hospital ) in Divriği ; Çifte Minare ( the Twin Minaret ) in Erzurum ; Gök Medrese ( Blue Medrese ) Sahip Ata Medrese in Sivas ; Sırçalı Medrese ( Glassy Medrese ), Karatay Medrese and Ince Minare ( the Thin Minaret ) in Konya ; the Döner Kümbet Mauseloum in Kayseri and many "Külliye"s ( Islamic schools of higher education ).
   The domes of these building were covered in the from of tents ;
relief work was made on stone tablets covering the tent-dome ; and the dome looked as if made of strips or covered with tiles.

A Wall Bas-Relief

A Wall Bas-Relief

An entry of a historical mosque

A Historical Turkish Mosque

A Historical Turkish Mosque

   Covering the inside of building with tiles and decorationthe door frames is traditional in Seljuk architecture. Stone carved tablets and frames were especially popular. The popular motifs were flower and animal figures rather than geometric design. Sometimes animal figures were in the original form, carved in a realistic style. Walls were decorated with such figures.
   - Mongol Period : Mongols, the contemporaries of the Anatolian Seljuks were in fact an invading society. However, they created valuable works with the spoils taken in war. They used glazed bricks in construction and they built such walls around their towns and cities.
   - The Babur Period : The Baburs created architechural works such as in the period of Süleyman the Magnificent.

The Ottoman Period :

   - The Early Period : Early Ottoman work was religious . At first, they built mosques with single domes like the Seljuks, then they began to building double domes as in the Orhan Bey Mosque and the Green Mosque.
   Ulu Mosque( the Great Mosque ) in Bursa is among the best works of this early period. Inside the mosque, there are five courts.

A View of Turkish City