Traditional Turkish houses - a wooden house with enclosed balcony in Inebolu, Kastamonu province of Black Sea area

Features that Make Traditional Turkish Houses So Distinctive

The magnificence of the Topkapi Palace, the majesty of the Suleymaniye mosque and the Sultan Ahmet complex in Istanbul all stand testament to the engineering and architectural skills of the Ottomans. Yet there is nothing particularly grand about the traditional Turkish houses. Aside from basic structures in poor, rural areas, the houses of the ordinary …

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