An Evaluation On The Mytholohgical Designs Seen On The Shamse Shaped Tile Panels Of Hatä°Ce Turhan Valä°De Sultan Tomb

The shamsa forms, which are derived from the rich motif repertoire of Turkish tile art, provide a unique example of shamsa design featuring mythological animal figures on the tile panels of the Hatice Turhan Valide Sultan Tomb. It is established thad a variety of animal symbolism was employed in the corpus of early Turkish art and on medieval tombstones. The dragon, a mythical creature with naturalistic elements, is a prominent figure in the Hatice Turhan Valide Sultan Tomb’s double-headed eagle shamsa compositions. The dragon desing was a prevalent element in Turkish art, particularly in sixteenth-century tile work, often associated vith the cloud motif. Nevertheless, these myths from the seventeenth century, which feature the double-headed eagle and the suggestion of a multi-headed dragon through the structure of a dynasty tomb, continue to serve as a significant example of stylisation in Ottoman tile designs to the present day. This study will examine the iconography of the double-headed eagle and dragon figures observed in the shamsa tile compositions of the Hatice Turhan Valide Sultan Tomb. The eagle and dragon figures seen in the shamsa from, which represents a distinct design field within Ottoman tile art, will be evaluated a comparative method with references drawn from Turkish art examples.