Ottoman ceramics recovered in excavations of Marmaray Project (Üsküdar, Sirkeci, Yenikapi, Marmaray stations and Haliç subway jambs)

Istanbul had been a capital city from the 1453 to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1922. As a bridge connecting two continents due to its geographical location, the city preserved its cosmopolitan structure during the Ottoman period and enabled many communities to live together. The excavations at Üsküdar, Sirkeci, Yenikapı and Haliç Metro Transit Bridges on the feet under the Marmaray Project started by the Istanbul Archeology Museums in 2004 and lasted until 2012. The subject of our work is the ceramics of the Ottoman period obtained during the archaeological excavations made for the stations to be established in the different regions of Istanbul within the scope of Marmaray project. Excavations and researches made in many different regions of Anatolia in recent years have seen specimens of glazed or unglazed ceramics especially belonging to the Ottoman period. Many different forms and ornamentation techniques can be found in these ceramics where we see parallel samples in excavations made in Istanbul. The ceramics that we examined in the study were classified according to the form properties and the material properties such as dough, lining, glaze, etc. of the samples collected under different groups according to decoration techniques and appearance properties were evaluated in detail. In comparison with other finds obtained in different areas of Istanbul and other finds in close geography, it has been found out that the Ottoman capital has about 500 years of daily life and the types of vessels the people use.