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TOPLİNE The event, also known as Tulip Festival, will be experienced almost everywhere in Istanbul. Mainly Sultanahmet Square, Gülhane Park, Emirgan and Hidiv groves will be exhibited with traces of this culture. Starting from April 15th, all visitors of Istanbul will witness these moments with special shows, workshops, street arts and performances for children.
KEY FACTS
- Originating in Central Asia, this wildflower has left a lasting mark in the memory with its elegance and short life span.
- An indispensable part of palaces and poetry, the tulip flower became a symbol of the Ottoman Empire and Istanbul in the 16th century.
- In the 16th century, Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq, the envoy sent to Istanbul by the Roman Germanic Emperor Ferdinand I, took the tulip bulbs given as a gift by the Ottoman Sultan Süleyman to his palace in Vienna.
- Palace gardener Carolus Clusius introduces these tulips to the Netherlands.
- The tulip, which began to be exported in large quantities, soon attracted the attention of Europe and was recognized as a sign of wealth.
- The tulip, which is characterized by its most prominent features and which has now begun to show itself in almost all areas of the Ottoman geography, gives its name to the reign of Sultan Ahmed III between 1718-1730.
- As you can see, today the homeland of the tulip is Central Asia and Turkey, but the address recognized by western civilizations is Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
KEY BACKROUND
No matter what season you are in today, you can actually observe the traces of the tulip in almost all the examples that marked the period. Ahmed III fountain, probably known for its close location to Topkapi palace and Hagia Sophia, is one of these examples. The structure between the palace and Hagia Sophia is located on the right side before the first courtyard of the palace. There are hundreds of examples that can be seen in the tiles in the palace.
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