Introduction : Turkish expansion in the Middle East -- Anatolia under the Selçuks : the monuments of the Turkish sultans during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries -- The caravan routes : the Anatolian staging-posts -- Early Ottoman architecture : developing new forms -- Süleyman and the Ottoman golden age : Sinan, architect to the Sultan -- The culminating achievements of Sinan under Selim II : the Selimiye at Edirne -- An immense empire : the diffusion of the Ottoman style -- Conclusion : the originality of Turkish architecture.
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