The R黶tem Pasha Mosque was designed by Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan for Grand Vizir Damat R黶tem Pasha (husband of one of the daughters of Suleiman the Magnificent; Princess Mihrimah). R黶tem Pasha died in July 1561 and the mosque was built after his death between 1561 and 1563.

Iznik ceramic ware; named after the town in western Anatolia where it was made; is a decorated ceramic that was produced from the last quarter of the 15th century until the end of the 17th century.

Although tulips are generally associated with the Netherlands; commercial cultivation of the flower began in the Ottoman Empire. The tulip; or lale (from Persian ????; l鈒eh) as it is also called in Iran and Turkey; is a flower indigenous to a vast area encompassing arid parts of Africa; Asia; and Europe. The word tulip; which earlier appeared in English in forms such as tulipa or tulipant; entered the language by way of French tulipe and its obsolete form tulipan or by way of Modern Latin tulipa; from Ottoman Turkish t黮bend.

The tulip is the national flower of Turkey.