Ottoman Gardens & Europe

EVENT POSTPONED

March 23, 2020
Monday at 19:00 – 20:30 GMT
Admission is FREE but registration is ESSENTIAL via Eventbrite.

Yunus Emre Institute in London, 10 Maple Street, W1T 5HA, London, UK

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A Talk by Prof. Nurhan Atasoy

Ottoman Horticulture flourished especially during the time of Suleyman the Magnificent. He himself had created 30 privy Gardens in İstanbul. Foreign travellers were astonished to see so many gardens, full of flowers in İstanbul. During Suleyman’s time, many plants, seeds and bulbs of flowers started being sent to Europe by some foreigners. This caused the creation of some flower gardens in Europe.

Atasoy’s talk aims to give a brief introduction to Ottoman gardens and Ottoman Horticulture. This talk will try to show finally, which flowers and plants, Europe owes to Ottoman World.

The talk will be moderated by art historian Dr Deniz Türker from the Department of History of Art, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.