Technical and design analysis of Turhan Valide Sultan Collection at the Suleymaniye Manuscripts Library.

Art, which is a determining element in the socio-cultural and daily life of the Turkish society, is a whole with the folkways, traditions, customs and cultural structure that hold the society together. Before the invention of the printing press, manuscripts emerged with the combination of calligraphy, illumination, marbling, miniature, bookbinding and paper filigree (art of Kat'ı) branches. The art of bookbinding is important in terms of both inclusiveness and complementarity in Traditional Turkish Arts. Before the invention of paper, it was written on materials such as papyrus and parchment, and various solutions were produced for its protection. However, with the invention of paper, bookbinding gained a significant momentum. As in many branches of classical arts, the most beautiful examples in bookbinding art are in the XVI. century was found. XVII. century to the end of the XVIII. century. It is thought to date back to the turn of the century. In the richness of motifs and craftsmanship in the works of this century, XVI. It is seen that the classical understanding of the century is continued. The diversity in motifs decreased towards the end of the period. Differences were observed between the workmanship in the classical period and the workmanship in this period. XVII. from the end of the XVIII century. Towards the beginning of the century, while the tradition of the classical period was continued, the effects of western art began to show itself. Within the scope of this thesis, 352 volumes in the Turhan Valide Sultan Collection in the library were examined and 15 saz style decorated volumes were included and analyzed. 14 of the examined volumes are in Arabic and 1 is in Turkish. The contents of the volumes in Arabic are religious books such as the Quran, Islamic History and Hadith, Tafsir, Fiqh, and The volume in Turkish is Iranian literature. The visuals of the sections containing ornamental elements on the pages of zahriye and serlevha are also presented in the evaluation section. Drawings of 15 saz style volumes in the collection were made. The saz style bindings in the Süleymaniye Manuscript Library, Turhan Valide Sultan Collection are XVII. and XVIII. century examples. With the completed thesis, the saz style bindings in the collection were brought to light and it was tried to contribute to the research of Turkish Bookbinding Art. Keywords: Turkish Islamic Art, Turkish Bookbinding Art, Saz Style, Süleymaniye Manuscript Library, Turhan Valide Sultan Collection