TURKEY MARVELOUS MASONRY
Editor’s Note: This edition of Marvelous Masonry
originally ran in MASONRY Magazine. We hope
you enjoy the historic information and specifics
on architecture and construction provided by
David Biggs as much as the readers of MASONRY
did.
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Last issue we visited Czech Republic. This
time we’ll travel west to Turkey, a country
created in the aftermath of World War
I. Steeped in history from ancient cultures
through the Ottoman Empire, Turkey has a
wealth of historic sites. It should be no surprise
that nearly all of Turkey’s historic sites are
based upon masonry construction.
As a little history, modern Turkey came into
existence in 1923 and ended over 600 years of
being part of the Ottoman Empire. The map below
shows the various locations we’ll visit in this
article.
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