Editing Ottoman Turks (section)

==Culture==
{{Main|Culture of the Ottoman Empire}}
The conquest of [[Constantinople]] began to make the Ottomans the rulers of one of the most profitable empires, connected to the flourishing Islamic cultures of the time, and at the crossroads of trade into Europe. The Ottomans made major developments in calligraphy, writing, law, architecture, and military science, and became the standard of opulence.

===Calligraphy===
Because [[Islam]] is a monotheistic religion that focuses heavily on learning the central text of the [[Quran]] and Islamic culture has historically tended towards [[Aniconism in Islam|discouraging or prohibiting figurative art]], calligraphy became one of the foremost of the arts. 

The early Yâkût period was supplanted in the late 15th century by a new style pioneered by [[Sheikh Hamdullah|Şeyh Hamdullah]] (1429–1520), which became the basis for Ottoman calligraphy, focusing on the [[Nesih]] version of the script, which became the standard for copying the Quran (see [[Islamic calligraphy]]).

The next great change in Ottoman calligraphy came from the style of [[Hâfiz Osman]] (1642–1698), whose rigorous and simplified style found favour with an empire at its peak of territorial extent and governmental burdens. 

The late calligraphic style of the Ottomans was created by [[Mustafa Râkim]] (1757–1826) as an extension and reform of Osman's style, placing greater emphasis on technical perfection, which broadened the calligraphic art to encompass the [[Thuluth|sülüs]] script as well as the Nesih script.

===Poetry===
{{Main|Turkish literature}}
Ottoman poetry included epic-length verse but is better known for shorter forms such as the [[gazel]]. For example, the epic poet Ahmedi (-1412) is remembered for his ''[[Alexander the Great]]''. His contemporary Sheykhi wrote verses on love and romance. Yaziji-Oglu produced a religious epic on Mohammed's life, drawing from the stylistic advances of the previous generation and Ahmedi's epic forms.

===Painting===
{{Main|Ottoman miniature}}
By the 14th century, the Ottoman Empire's prosperity made manuscript works available to merchants and craftsmen, and produced a flowering of miniatures that depicted pageantry, daily life, commerce, cities and stories, and chronicled events. 

By the late 18th century, European influences in painting were clear, with the introduction of oils, perspective, figurative paintings, use of anatomy and composition.