Kiosks

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Çadir Kiosk, Sadabad Palace, Kağithane, anonymous photographer, 1870-90, destroyed late 1930s

Kiosks took many forms and served many purposes over the course of the Ottoman Empire. In general, kiosks were built in gardens and were open to the outdoors so that one might enjoy the gardens’ greenery, fountains, pools and wildlife in considerable, even lavish, comfort. With their central plans, their openness to the surrounding views and their domed roofs, they resembled and functioned rather like tents, as reflected in the pictured Çadir (Tent) Kiosk, which even features tent flaps, built by the sultan Mahmud II in 1815. It was located in the Kağithane district, north of Istanbul. The original Sadabad Palace complex was built as a getaway by the Grand Vizir Ibrahim Pasha during the reign of Ahmed III, the luxuriant Tulip period, and the original pavilion on this site was destroyed with the overthrow of Ahmed in 1730, to be replaced by this one, which was itself destroyed in the late 1930s.

 Idil Surer. “An analysis of 19th century Ottoman garden culture: garden kiosks.” Procedia: Social and Behavioral Sciences 116 (2014): 2871-2875.

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Kiosks