Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
BALKAN ARASTRMA ENSTITUSU DERGISI-JOURNAL OF BALKAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE-JBRI, cilt.7, sa.1, ss.87-110, 2018 (ESCI)
Conquered by the Ottomans in the 14th century, Skopje has always maintained its importance for the Ottoman Empire thanks to its strategic location in the Balkans. Before the Ottoman Empire, Skopje, a small city within the castle, showed a great improvement after Ottoman conquest with the building complexes (imarets) built in the east-west direction beside the castle and the housing units (neighborhoods) developing around these complexes. Although there was an intensive construction activity in Skopje in 15th and 16th centuries, 17th and 18th centuries were stagnation periods for architectural development of the city.