TURK 2025

ABSTRACT
Miniature art, especially in a culturally rich civilization such as the Ottoman period, is an official bibliography that shows the history, culture, lifestyle, aesthetic values ​​of that period and also provides invaluable information from daily life to social structure to the present day. The depictions in miniature art generally offer us a visual record of the cultural heritage in areas such as palace life, hunting, wedding ceremonies, as well as the clothing, architecture, food culture, music and entertainment of the period.
The food culture of the Ottomans, which created a special cuisine with the transition from a nomadic life to a settled life, is reflected in miniatures. In the miniatures of the Ottoman period, the kitchen and table manners of the sultan and the palace people, the items used in food, the characteristics of the tables set at weddings and festivities, and many other information about which foods were most commonly found can be accessed from the official records and miniatures that have survived to the present day.
The palace cuisine of the Ottoman state not only reflects the magnificence of the period, but also creates a rich culinary culture with the gradual expansion of the empire and the unification of different cultures. Information will be provided on the characteristics of miniatures that carry to the present day much information about the kitchen and table manners of the sultan and the palace people in Ottoman period miniatures, the features of the tables set at weddings and festivals, as well as the items used food, and the foods that were most commonly found as food. Soup is among the main dishes. Similarly, meat dishes (especially lamb), desserts, sherbets, and pastries have a special place the tables set. This compilation study will reveal the reflection of Ottoman culinary culture on miniatures.