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The document discusses early Ottoman urban development strategies in three cities - Edirne, Plovdiv, and Skopje - in the 14th-15th centuries. It analyzes how the Ottomans transformed urban spaces by building communal mosques in city centres and T-shaped multi-functional complexes outside cities walls. These complexes served as shelters for dervishes and provided social services like food, demonstrating how the Ottomans established authority through architectural patronage by accommodating different social g

Author

Grigor Boykov

Language

EN