Adalet Kasrı

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Adalet Kasrı

The Adalet Kasrı ( Ottoman Kasr-ı Adl , "Tower of Justice") is one of the last remaining structures of the New Sultan's Palace (Ottoman: Saray-ı Cedid-i Amire ) in Edirne, which was destroyed in 1877/78 .

In 1561 Sultan Suleyman I probably commissioned two towers for the palace from Sinan , the Terazi kasrı and the Adalet Kasrı . Today only the latter is left. The towers were built as a stone building in the Seljuk style. The Adalet Kasrı served as a water tower and as a meeting place for the Council of Ministers ( Divan-ı Humayun ) and the Court of Cassation, whose Qādīs from 1561 to 1903 are documented by name. There are still two historical stones in front of the tower. On the seng-i arz the subjects could express their wishes by means of a petition. Hence the name "Palace of Justice". The severed heads of high-ranking convicts were displayed on the seng-i ibret .

literature

  • Onur Oral: Edirne Kadıları - Kasr-ı Adl . TC Edirne Valiligi Yayini, Istanbul 1999 (Turkish)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ünal Özis: The Water Conveyance System of Edirne. ( Memento of August 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Journal of the Islamic Environmental Design Research Center 1-2 . 1988, pp. 68–73 (PDF 4.7 MB)
  2. ↑ Onur Oral: Edirne Kadıları - Kasr-ı Adl. TC Edirne Valiliği Yayını Istanbul 1999, pp. 7 and 64–135
  3. ↑ Onur Oral: Edirne Kadıları - Kasr-ı Adl. TC Edirne Valiliği Yayını Istanbul 1999, p. 8
  4. ↑ Adalet Kasrı “Adalet Müzesi” Olmalıdır (2). (No longer available online.) Edirne Adliyesi, p. 1 , archived from the original on June 8, 2008 ; Retrieved October 29, 2009 (Turkish).
  5. ↑ Towers in Edirne ( Memento from June 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish)

Web links

Commons : Adalet Kasrı  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 41 ° 41 ′ 23.6 "  N , 26 ° 33 ′ 23.7"  E