Conquest of Istanbul and the Manipulation of Architecture
This book explores the contemporary memory of the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1453. It focuses on how the conquest is remembered by Islamist-nationalist imagination in Turkey today and how architecture plays a role in shaping this memory, underscoring its susceptibility to political manipulation.
Discussing Islamist-nationalist rhetoric of Istanbul’s conquest through the concep...
This book explores the contemporary memory of the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1453. It focuses on how the conquest is remembered by Islamist-nationalist imagination in Turkey today and how architecture plays a role in shaping this memory, underscoring its susceptibility to political manipulation.
Discussing Islamist-nationalist rhetoric of Istanbul’s conquest through the concep...
