There are spaces with iwan which functions as summer patient rooms opening to the central hexagonal space at the side of each section. This section was built with a central hexagonal plan. The building is passed through a broken arched door. The inpatient section, which is called şifahane (cure-house), has an outstanding architectural style. These rooms could also be reserved for the high level medical staff works. Some sources indicate that the rooms bound to the first courtyard wall are pharmacies, whereas the rooms next to the şifahane are surgery rooms. The large halls here were probably used for different purposes such as “women’s ward, pharmaceutical storage, cellar, etc.” There are two rooms opposite to each other to the east and west in the second courtyard as well as iwans located in the middle of these rooms. ![]() There are rectangular halls covered with two domes each on both sides of this entry. The passage from the first courtyard to the rectangular second courtyard is made via the cross vaulted entry. Each patient had a different diet in order to balance the “four fluids of the body” and to treat their disease in accordance with the understanding of “holistic medicine”. The meals of the patients were prepared separately from others under the control of their doctors. The kitchen at the first courtyard of the Darüşşifa separate from the large kitchen at the imaret which is another unit of the külliye used to serve only the patients. It is stated in various resources that at least one of these rooms is the guardroom and that mental patients with severe conditions are held under isolation in one of these rooms. Six of the seven rooms behind these colonnades are the domed polyclinic rooms. There are service rooms such as kitchen, cellar, and laundry room to the east of the first courtyard and a system of arched colonnades with seven sections to the west. The rooms are placed opposite to each other along the first courtyard of Darüşşifa which has a rectangular shape. The third part was the inpatient section called şifahane. The four rooms in the second courtyard were the administrative rooms. In the first courtyard, there were six outpatient rooms and service rooms serving as kitchen, laundry, and şurup room (laboratory). It consists of three sections with central plans. Sultan Bayezid II Külliyesi (complex) which is a foundational work was built so as to meet the requirements of the physical and mental treatments of the patients as well as the possible socio-cultural needs of the patients and their relatives in accordance with the understanding of a “Holistic Medicine” approach.Ī brief description of the major components of the complex is as follows:Īs the principal aim of the complex built by Sultan Bayezid II is to be established a hospital in Edirne, the most important unit of the complex is Darüşşifa. The Sultan was also known as ‘’Bayezid-ı Veli’’ because of the importance he gave to “charity” work. ![]() Sultan Bayezid II, the son of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror Fatih, had a qualified education and always gave importance to public works during his time. The others claimed that it was built by the architect Yakub Shah. ![]() According to some researches, the complex was built by the architect Hayrettin who constructed many important structures in the period of Sultan Bayezid II. There are several opinions as to the identity of the architect. ![]() The construction of the Külliye started in 1484 by the order of Sultan Bayezid II (AD 1447/48–1512) and was completed in 1488. The Bayezid Khan Bridge over the Tunca River, built to connect the külliye to the city. The other constructed units were built to complete the hospital service in social, cultural, religious and financial aspects. The main center of the Külliye, however, is the darussifa (hospital) and madrasa (medical school). Located on the north shore of the Tunca River in Edirne, the second capital of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Bayezid II Külliyesi (complex) consists of a mosque, tabhanes (guest-houses), a madrasah, (medical school), darüşşifa (hospital), imaret (soup kitchen-cellar), pharmacy, and food-storage areas.
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