{"product_id":"sisli-camii-the-sisli-mosque","title":"Şişli Mosque \/ The Şişli Mosque","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Photography Collection, which began with the photographs our founders collected over the years and donated to the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation, has grown through various donations and acquisitions since the opening of the İstanbul Research Institute in 2007. It now encompasses approximately 130,000 Istanbul-focused images, covering a period from the 1850s to the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYears of classification and identification efforts have brought us to a stage where we can design new projects. In this context, we have planned the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Photography Collection Series, which will feature various thematically curated groups of photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis album-book is the first publication in this series and chronicles the architectural journey of the Şişli Mosque, the first monumental religious structure of Republican Istanbul. One reason we chose the Şişli Mosque is that it was the first mosque in the city's history built not under the patronage of the sultan or state officials, but through the collective effort of the public. Another reason is that, unlike the architectural thought and production shaped by the winds of modernism prevalent across the country in the 1940s, the mosque reflects the classical Ottoman style and has become a model for neo-Ottoman mosques built to this day. Furthermore, the fact that almost all of the Şişli Mosque photographs we published were taken by Foto Sabah, one of the leading studios of the period, is significant as it indicates that the mosque's construction process between 1947 and 1949 was deliberately documented at regular intervals. Such an effort is noteworthy in those years when documentation and preservation habits were lacking and architectural works were rarely archived. We hope that this album-book and those we will publish hereafter will be beneficial to researchers in deciphering Istanbul's historical identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe photographs collected by our founders through the years, which they have donated to Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation, constituted the kernel of the Foundation's Photography Collection. Since the day the İstanbul Research Institute was opened in 2007, this collection grew with acquisitions and other donations, reaching approximately 130,000 photographs, with İstanbul as their main focus and covering a period from the 1850s to the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYears of classification and identification have finally brought us to the point of being able to create new projects. As a result, we have planned the Suna and Inan Kıraç Photography Collection Series, which will consist of thematically structured groups of photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis album-book is the first publication in this series, discussing the architectural journey of Şişli Mosque, the first monumental religious building of Republican İstanbul. One of the reasons we have chosen Şişli Mosque is that this is the first mosque in the city's history that was built not under the aegis of the sultan or statesmen but through the collective effort of the people. Another reason is that Şişli Mosque, unlike the architectural thought and production of the 1940s, which was shaped throughout the country by winds of modernism, reflected the classical Ottoman style and has been accepted as a stylistic example, providing a prototype for neo-Ottoman mosques built in its wake. In addition, the photographs of the mosque we publish here have almost exclusively been taken by Foto Sabah, one of the leading studios of the period, which indicates that the process of the mosque's construction between 1947 and 1949 was deliberately documented at regular intervals. In those years when documentation and preservation was not habitual and architectural work was seldom archived, such an effort is noteworthy. We hope that this title and the album-books we will publish will help researchers in analyzing İstanbul's historical identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"İstanbul Araştırmaları Enstitüsü","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42683253817587,"sku":"9786054642533","price":500.0,"currency_code":"TRY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/3950\/7395\/products\/0000000682414-1.jpg?v=1650448479","url":"https:\/\/yemkitabevi.com\/en-us\/products\/sisli-camii-the-sisli-mosque","provider":"YEM Kitabevi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}