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The Accidental Palace: The Making of Yildiz in Nineteenth-Century Istanbul
The Accidental Palace: The Making of Yildiz in Nineteenth-Century Istanbul
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The book "The Accidental Palace" explores the story of Yıldız Palace in Istanbul, the last and largest imperial residential complex of the Ottoman Empire. It reveals how the site developed from a rural estate to the heart of Ottoman government, connected to the city's urban history and globalized consumer culture. It provides insights into the palaces architectural and landscape history and its ties to ideas of sovereignty, visibility, taste, and self-fashioning.
Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 23 May 2023
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
The Yıldız Palace, situated in Istanbul, stands as the final and grandest imperial residential complex to have existed within the Ottoman Empire. However, in the present day, the palace has been physically divided and largely forgotten in the urban landscape of Istanbul. Nevertheless, during its prime, Yıldız emerged as a remarkable global city, serving as the epicenter of the vast bureaucratic machinery of the empire.
The Accidental Palace, spanning a chronological journey from 1795 to 1909, delves into the transformation of the Yıldız Palace site, evolving from a rural estate belonging to the queen mothers to the central hub of Ottoman governance. While the palace may have been reserved for the exclusive realm of the Ottoman elite, as Deniz Türker reveals, its development was intricately intertwined with the urban history of Istanbul and the evolving conceptions of empire, absolutism, diplomacy, reform, and the public. Türker explores these interconnected themes, presenting Yıldız Palace and its surroundings not merely as a hermetic manifestation of imperial identity but also as a product of an increasingly globalized consumer culture characterized by the availability of a vast array of goods and services across geographical boundaries.
The book draws upon extensive archival research conducted within the imperial library of Yıldız, offering valuable insights into a pivotal period in the architectural and landscape history of the palace. Through meticulous examination, Türker demonstrates how Yıldız was inseparably linked to notions of sovereignty, visibility, taste, and self-fashioning. This work will captivate specialists in the fields of art, architecture, politics, and culture from the 19th century Turkey and the Ottoman Empire.
Weight: 1315g
Dimension: 254 x 229 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780271093918
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