The Ottoman Tulip Period
Istanbul's elite falls in love with tulips and garden parties
Under Sultan Ahmed III the court embraced European fashions, Bosphorus palaces and tulips, paying fortunes for bulbs. The first Ottoman Turkish printing press appeared in these years. The era ended with the Patrona Halil revolt of 1730, which toppled the sultan.
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The word "tulip" comes from "turban". The flower reached Europe from the Ottoman Empire, its name from a Persian word for turban — and the Ottomans had their own Tulip Period some 80 years after the Dutch mania. Share →
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