The Study and Analysis of Changes in Sultanates Architectural Forms and Elements in Beylik's Era and Their Role in the Rise of Ottomans Architecture

Until very recently, the art and architecture of the Islamic era in Turkey after the Seljuk period was known as the Ottoman art and architecture. As if between the fall of Sultanate of Rum and the establishment of Ottoman in 1299 A.D. there was not any artistic or architectural work in Anatoly. Such idea is no longer accepted today, as after the Sultanate of Rum fall, the autonomous Turkmen Emirates were present in the diverse areas of Anatoly, and some of them challenged the increasing spread of Ottoman until the 14th century and in some cases even until the 15th century. Needless to say, in the era of Beyliks, the residents in such Emirates especially artists and architects worked somehow and through their work they designed and constructed religious or general buildings. The conducted studies show that the design and construction of buildings in that period of time was actually a kind of linking element between Seljuqs architecture and Ottoman architecture. In sum, although the forms and styles presented in the magnificent works of the Ottoman era have roots in Seljuq architecture, they have actually developed in the period of Anatoly autonomous Emirates.