Ottoman culture

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Ottoman culture was the rich, multi-ethnic and multi-religious imperial civilization of the Ottoman Empire, characterized by its distinctive blend of Islamic, Turkic, Persian, and Byzantine influences in art, architecture, law, and daily life.

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Surface form Occurrences
Ottoman court culture 1
Ottoman heritage 1

Statements (83)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic civilization
imperial culture
multi-ethnic culture
multi-religious culture
associatedWithCapital Bursa NERFINISHED
Edirne
Istanbul
developedInPeriod 14th century
endedWith Allied occupation of the Ottoman Empire
surface form: dissolution of the Ottoman Empire
flourishedInPeriod 16th century
17th century
geographicalExtent Anatolia
Arabian Peninsula
Balkans NERFINISHED
Levant region
surface form: Levant

North Africa
hasArchitect Mimar Sinan
hasArchitecturalFeature courtyard complexes
large central dome mosques
slender minarets
hasArchitecturalStyle classical Ottoman architecture
hasArtForm İznik tiles
surface form: Iznik ceramics

Arabic calligraphy
surface form: Ottoman calligraphy

Ottoman illumination
Ottoman miniature painting
Ottoman textiles
hasClothingStyle caftan
shalvar
turban
hasCourtLanguage Ottoman Turkish
hasCuisine Ottoman cuisine
hasEducationalInstitution medrese
hasEliteGroup Janissaries
ulema
hasInstitution devshirme system
imperial harem
millet system
timar system
hasLegalSystem Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini
surface form: Kanun

Sharia
hasLiteraryForm divan poetry
gazel
mesnevi
hasMusicalInstrument kanun
ney
oud
hasMusicalTradition Mevlevi music
Ottoman classical music
hasOfficialReligion Sunni Islam
hasReligiousOrder Bektashi order
Mevleviyya
surface form: Mevlevi order

Naqshbandi
surface form: Naqshbandi order
hasReligiousPractice Sufism
hasSocialInstitution Sufi lodge
coffeehouse
public bath
hasSocialPractice courtly etiquette
patronage of waqf
hasUrbanForm caravanserai
covered bazaar
külliye complex
includesReligiousCommunity Armenian Apostolic Church
surface form: Armenian Apostolic Christians

Christianity
surface form: Catholics

Jews
Orthodox Christians
Sufi orders
influencedBy Arabs
surface form: Arab culture

Byzantine culture
Central Asian traditions
Islamic culture
Persian culture
Turkic culture
influencedCuisine Balkan cuisine
Levantine cuisine
Turkish cuisine
partOf Ottoman Empire
succeededBy Republican Turkish culture
usesLanguage Arabic
Armenian
Greek
Ottoman Turkish
Persian language
surface form: Persian
usesScript Arabic script

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Nedim associatedWith Ottoman culture
this entity surface form: Ottoman court culture
Adjarians culturalInfluence Ottoman culture
İznik hasHeritage Ottoman culture
this entity surface form: Ottoman heritage