The Selimiye Mosque is an Ottoman
mosque
in the city of Edirne
, Turkey
. The mosque was commissioned by Sultan Selim II
and was built by architect Mimar Sinan
between 1569 and 1575. It was considered by Sinan to be his masterpiece and is one of the highest achievements of Islamic architecture.
Architecture of Turkey or Turkish Architecture in the Republican Period refers to the architecture
practised in the territory of present-day Turkey
since the foundation of the republic in 1923. In the first years of the republic, Turkish architecture was influenced by Seljuk
and Ottoman architecture
, in particular during the First National Architectural Movement (also called the Turkish Neoclassical architecture movement.) However, starting from the 1930s, architectural styles began to differ from traditional architecture, also as a result of an increasing number of foreign architects being invited to work in the country, mostly from Germany
and Austria
. The Second World War was a period of isolation, during which the Second National Architectural Movement emerged. Similar to Fascist architecture
, the movement aimed to create a modern but nationalistic architecture.
Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey is atranscontinental country, located mostly on Anatolia in Western Asia and on East Thrace in Southeastern Europe. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea is to the south; the Aegean Sea is to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. The Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (which together form the Turkish Straits) demarcate the boundary between Thrace and Anatolia; they also separate Europe and Asia. Turkey's location at the crossroads of Europe and Asia makes it a country of significant geostrategic importance.
