Construction Activities Of Sultan Selim II

Sultan Selim II known with the names and titles of ’’Selim II/Selim-i Sani/ Sari Selim’’ in Ottoman Period (h.g. 1566-74) got known gained recognition more with his gray personality and being in the shadov of the powerful state men of the period and palace woman. Selim II who was born in 1524 as the second lineage of suleiman the Magnificent and his main woman. Hürrem Sultan got a good education in Topkapi Palace where he spent childhood and beginning of his youth period. Linegae Selim who was assigned in such miscellaneous sanjaks (flag) as Konya, Manisa and Kütahya with the title of flag officer as of his adolescence, began to reign over the State as the sole successor of his throne upon the death of his father. Suleiman I. After his eight year reign. He died in İstanbul and buried in the tomb of İstanbul Ayasofya Church Mosque. When the policical history and his personality was examined. He was criticized by the historians with his passive side, and not taking a cruise and giving his state responsibility to grand vizier and Council. In his study, art dominance/ construction side of Selim II will be discussed. Sultan Selim II was interested in the architecture and other branches of art closely, and within this concept. He was very successful in constructing many monumental structures. In his short reign period. Sultan got Islamic-Ottoman Social complexes or sole structures constructed in Konya, Sultaniye/ Karapınar, Edirne, Cyprus/ Nicosia, Syria/ Damascus etc., which are the rural settlement areas of the Ottomans. His works which have reached to today with a good condition were carried out by mainly Mimar Sinan. Hassa Architecture Organization. The most spectacular and known work was undoubtedly Edirne Selimiye Mosque. This mosque was put into the list of World cultural heritage list by UNESCO

Keywords

Sultan Selim II, Ottoman State, Constructor, Edirne, XVI. Century, Rural