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Book Architecture and Interiors of the Harems in Eighteenth-Century Istanbul(Cambridge University Press, 2026) Uğurlu, Ayşe Hilal; Türker, DenizThis Element centers the architectural and material worlds created by Ottoman imperial women, foregrounding their decisive role in shaping Istanbul at the end of the eighteenth century. Focusing on Mihrişah Valide Sultan and the sultan's sisters and female relatives, it examines how their patronage transformed the imperial harem at Topkapı Palace and extended into a network of waterfront mansions, charitable complexes, and suburban estates. Drawing on poetic inscriptions, archival correspondence, and visual sources, the study reconstructs the collaborative processes linking these women to stewards, builders, and artisans. It argues that their domestic and architectural interventions constituted powerful expressions of authority, visibility, and political agency within the empire.Book Part Bordering bodily experience / Experiencing border bodily(Eastern Mediterranean University Press, 2025) Avcı, OzanThe chapter examines the border as a spatial, temporal, bodily, and mnemonic condition rather than merely a political or physical line of separation. Focusing on the divided urban context of Nicosia/Lefkoşa, it argues that borders shape everyday experience by restricting movement, vision, contact, and memory, while also producing intensified forms of perception and awareness.Through a phenomenological perspective, the text challenges dualistic understandings of body and mind, emphasizing that the border is experienced through the whole body. Spatial congestion, folded temporalities, bodily limitation, and constrained memory are presented as key dimensions of border experience. The border is therefore interpreted not only as an instrument of division, but also as an existential and experiential condition that reorganizes how space is sensed, remembered, and inhabited.The chapter also considers artistic, performative, and architectural practices that engage with the buffer zone through movement, sound, memory, and bodily presence. These practices reveal the possibility of rethinking the border as a site of transformation. Rather than treating the border solely as a closed or static barrier, the chapter frames it as a dynamic field where alternative forms of connection, coexistence, and spatial imagination may emerge.Book Part Architectural Representation as a Body without Organs(Routledge, 2024) Avcı, OzanArchitectural representation is reconsidered through the concept of the “Body without Organs,” challenging fixed, hierarchical modes of drawing and thinking. The chapter argues that conventional architectural drawings impose rigid structures that limit creativity and perception. Instead, it proposes a fluid, process-oriented approach where representation becomes an open field of experimentation, shaped by encounters, movements, and hybrid practices. Through artistic and architectural examples, the study explores how drawings can dissolve boundaries between body, space, and imagination, enabling new forms of knowledge production. Ultimately, representation is framed as a dynamic, transformative practice that redefines both architectural thinking and the relationship between designer, medium, and environment.Book Letters and Gifts in the Harems of Eighteenth-Century Istanbul(Cambridge University Press, 2026) Uğurlu, Ayşe Hilal; Türker, DenizThis Element examines the political, architectural, and social transformations of the Ottoman Empire during the reign of Selim III (1789–1807), foregrounding the central role of imperial women in shaping reform. While Selim's military and administrative initiatives reconfigured Istanbul's urban fabric, his mother, sisters, and female relatives actively advanced these efforts through architectural patronage, diplomacy, and gift exchange. Drawing on archival sources, visual materials, and microhistorical analysis, the Element reconstructs the dynamic networks sustained by these women and their stewards. It challenges assumptions of female invisibility, demonstrating instead their strategic visibility, economic agency, and integral participation in imperial governance and cross-cultural exchange.Article Mock‐up versus CAD Modeling Preferences of Architecture Students in the Early Design Phase(JCoDe: Journal of Computational Design, 2023) Samancı, Buket; Taşpınar, Özge; Karcı, Yaşar Emir; Cengiz, Başak; Özdoğan, Selen; Yıldız Özkan, Dilek; Bittermann, Michael SPreferences for using physical mock-up modeling or computer-aided design (CAD) among architecture students in the early design phase are analyzed. The data is obtained from a questionnaire, consisting of eight multiple-choice questions and one open-ended question. The respondents are architecture students; the majority of them are still in their undergraduate studies. As quantitative analysis methods hypothesis tests based on the probability distributions known as the z-distribution, and the Chi-squared distribution were carried out. Generally, it was investigated which modeling technique is more efficient in the early design phase. Moreover, according to the age groups of respondents, the difference in the preference among mock-up and CAD is identified. Explicitly, younger students prefer CAD, while other ones prefer mock-up representation. The reasons for the difference are analyzed. Since the choice for mock-up modeling or CAD modeling can have a strong impact on the design processes of both, students and professionals, the result of the study is relevant, because it gives a hint about probable future architecture practice.Article To Restore the Dignity of Repair: Care, Architectural Education, and Resistance in a Broken World(Intellect Ltd, 2026) Yucel, SebnemArticle Selimiye as a Commemorative Monument in Modern Turkey(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2025) Sezgin, AhmetSelimiye, an Ottoman dynastic mosque, became a contested site of memory in the 20th century. As the Ottoman Empire disintegrated, Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey all had ambitions and even temporary control over Edirne during the first decades of the 20th century. Its unique location at the crossroads of nation-states provides fertile ground for investigating the role of architectural heritage in the formation of a nation's collective memory, with a consideration of transnational influences. This article investigates the development and reception of commemorations involving the monument through close readings of newspaper reports from Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria, as well as international media. It reveals the transnational dimension in forming a national frame of remembrance for the liberation of Edirne.Book Part Citation - Scopus: 1From Ceremony To Spectacle: Changing Perception of Hagia Sophia Through the Night of Decree (layla’t-Ul Kadr) Prayer Ceremonies [Book Part](Edinburgh University Press, 2024) Uğurlu, A.H.; Uğurlu, A.HilalAfter the Hagia Sophia was converted into an imperial mosque by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (r. 1451–81), it became a key venue for imperial religious ceremonies. From the sixteenth century until the 1830s, Ottoman sultans customarily performed the Night of Decree prayers at the Hagia Sophia. Although sultans eventually left this tradition and began attending the Night of Decree prayers at other mosques, such as Nusretiye and later Yıldız Hamidiye Mosques, the Hagia Sophia remained significant for Istanbulites. From the 1880s, the court altered the ceremonial decorum at the Hagia Sophia, issuing passes for foreign embassy staff and guests to observe from the upper galleries, with officials explaining the rituals. This period saw an increase in non-Muslim spectators, from tens to thousands. This paper examines the transformation of a religious ceremony into a spectacle by conceptualizing the Hagia Sophia as a showpiece monument, distinct in function from other imperial mosques. It argues that the Hagia Sophia, historically used as a political tool, continued to serve this purpose in a different way between the 1880s and 1932.Article The Curse of the Phoenix: on Rebuilding Beirut and Hatay(Intellect Ltd., 2025) Yücel, Ş.E.Book Part The Propaganda Power of Urban Views in Selim III's Ottoman Empire(Pera Museum Publication 115, 2023) Uğurlu, A. HilalIstanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire since the mid-fifteenth century, boasts a rich history of panoramic representations that have captivated artists and patrons alike. From the early years, artists affiliated with the retinue of ambassadors to the Ottoman Empire played a significant role in creating these expansive city views. Melchior Lorck’s 11.27-meters long panoramic view of Istanbul, drawn between 1559 and ca. 1563, is one of the earliest attempts to portray the city accurately and in panoramic format. Lorck was an artist assigned to the entourage of the German ambassador to Istanbul, Ogier Ghiselin du Busbecq. In the eighteenth century, the changing nature of diplomatic relations between the Ottoman Empire and European polities led to an increase in the number of embassies and, consequently, the number of artists appointed to these posts. This increase in artistic activity was reflected in the growing number of city views and topographical landscapes of Istanbul produced during this period. Concurrently, the emergence of philhellenism in Europe, coupled with the proliferation of picturesque travel literature, augmented the attention to the Ottoman lands and its capital.