The Atik Valide Mosque is a 16th century Ottoman imperial mosque located on a hill above the large and densely populated district of Üsküdar, in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built for Nurbanu Sultan, the
One of the five small domes in the portico.
Atik Valide Mosque complex from the south, with the exterior of the medrese visible
Atik Valide Mosque entrance side
The Sultanate of Women was a period when some concubines, mothers, sisters and grandmothers of the sultans of the Ottoman Empire exerted political influence.
A painting of Hürrem Sultan by a follower of Titian
Kösem Sultan was the highest-ranking woman in Ottoman history.
Ayasofya Hamamı, one of the hayrat constructed in the name of Hürrem Sultan.