Ayşe Hilal Uğurlu
Related Terms:
- Caravansaray (inn for travelers)
- Hammam (bathhouse)
- Imarat (kitchen)
- Madrasa (school)
- Maristan (hospital)
- Masjid (mosque)
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References:
Frishman, Martin and Hasan-Uddin Khan, eds. The Mosque: History, Architectural Development and Regional Diversity. London: Thames & Hudson, 1994. 
Goodwin, Godfrey. “Külliyye,” in Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, ed. P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Consulted online on 05 October 2022.
Necipoğlu, Gülru. The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire. London: Reaktion Books, 2005.
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Additional Resources:
Aerial view of Fatih Mosque Complex, Istanbul, 1463-70, Google Maps (2022) (Accessed: 4 October 2022)
Aerial view of the Fatih Mosque Complex, Image: Carlos Delgado (2011), (Accessed: 16.01.23)
Reconstruction plan of the Fatih Mosque Complex, Istanbul, 1463-70, Archnet (2004) (Accessed: 5 October 2022)
Site plan of Kılıç Ali Paşa Complex, Istanbul, (1578-81), Archnet (2004) (Accessed: 4 October 2022)
Site plan of Süleymaniye Complex, Istanbul, (1548-59), Archnet (2004) (Accessed: 4 October 2022)
Site plan of Taj Mahal, Image: Mcginnly, (2007), (Accessed: 5 October 2022)
Aerial View of Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1631-43, Image: Archit Gupta, 2019, Wikimedia. (Accessed: 5 October 2022)
Qaytbay’s royal complex in a photo from 1858. Qaytbay’s mausoleum is under the dome in the middle. To the right is the smaller dome over what is now Gulshani’s tomb, Image: Frances Frith, 1858, Wikiwand.
Floor plan of main building, Image: Anonymous, Wikiwand.
Aerial view of the Divriği Complex, Image: R Prazeres, (2014), Wikipedia.
Floor Plan of the Divriği Complex, Image: Gulru Necipoğlu and David Roxburgh. “The Mosque and Hospital Complex of Divrigi.” Lesson 9/22 presentation developed for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture Education Programme, 2019, via Archnet.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder and first president of the Turkish Republic, leaving the first parliament building with statesmen of the period. Ankara, 1929. Photographer unknown, 1929.
Aerial view of the Presidential Complex at Beştepe, Ankara, Google earth (2022) (Accessed: 3 October 2022)
Official logo used on the website of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye, Human Resources Office. (Accessed: 3 October 2022)
Website of Ibn Haldun University, (Accessed: 3 October 2022)
Citation:
Ayşe Hilal Uğurlu, “Külliye,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 30 March 2023.
A. Hilal Uğurlu is Professor of Architectural History at MEF University. She earned her PhD from Istanbul Technical University in 2012 with a dissertation on Selim III’s Istanbul and its architectural transformations. She co-edited Ottoman Architectural Culture with Hatice Aynur, and Sacred Spaces + Urban Networks and The Friday Mosque in the City with Suzan Yalman. Her latest research, undertaken with Deniz Türker, investigates the political, cultural, material, and international roles of Ottoman royal women and their influence within imperial power structures. Supported by MEF University’s Scientific Research Projects Fund, the project’s first phase produced two Cambridge University Press books in 2026: Letters and Gifts in the Harems of Eighteenth-Century Istanbul and Architecture and Interiors of the Harems in Eighteenth-Century Istanbul. More broadly, her scholarship examines the architectural, sociopolitical, and material history of the Ottoman Empire, particularly during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.