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The Tulip Era: Ottoman Art and the Fall of Empire
In 1718, the Treaty of Passarowitz ended decades of war between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League, ushering in a period known as the Lale Devri, or Tulip Era. For the first time in generations, Istanbul’s aristocracy turned away from the battlefield and toward beauty, literature, and gardens. This episode explores how Sultan Ahmed III and his Grand Vizier, Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha, cultivated a culture of elegance that included the introduction of the first printing press to the Muslim world by Ibrahim Müteferrika. We examine the tension between this artistic flourishing and the…
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