I Wrote My Love With Stone

One of the most important factors that enriches our enlightenment and knowledge is the heritage from our past. In this respect, our history is filled with materials that we will proudly remember. However, because we always look forward, we have not understood the efforts and sacrifices of the people who prepared our future with their endeavors in the past enough. This unfortunate neglect has been prevalent in every field, from theology to literature, from sociology to architecture, from medicine to astronomy. We have now entered a period where we realize that it will be difficult to move forward without the rich accumulation of the past. In this regard, there are certainly countless names to consider. When we look at architecture within this focus, one of the most important names we should focus on is undoubtedly Mimar Sinan. If we need to examine the picture of what an Anatolian child brought to the country through his recruitment to the Palace, then it is necessary to grasp the hidden details of Sinan’s life. If he became the ‘Chief Architect of the Ottoman State’ at the age of 50, then it is of great benefit for us to know very well the source from which this gem was brewed and the dough from which it was kneaded, and the oven in which it was baked. This work in your hands is a distinguished product narrated in novel style, born from the soil of Sinan by a Writer, Muhsin İlyas Subaşı, after a long and exhaustive research and examination of his works, accumulated in his other two books about Sinan.