Tulips, the national flower of Turkey, depicted on an Iznik tile from the Rustem Pasa Mosque, Istanbul,1563.

Tulips, the national flower of Turkey, depicted on an Iznik tile from the Rustem Pasa Mosque, Istanbul,1563.

The Rustem Pasha Mosque was designed by Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan for Grand Vizir Damat Rustem Pasha (husband of one of the daughters of Suleiman the Magnificent, Princess Mihrimah). Rustem Pasha died in July 1561 and the mosque was built after his death between 1561 and 1563. Inik ceramic ware, named after the town in western Anatolia where it was made, is a decorated ceramic that was produced from the last quarter of the 15th century until the end of the 17th century. Although tulips are generally associated with the Netherlands, commercial cultivation of the flower began in the Ottoman Empire. The tulip, or lale as it is also called in Iran and Turkey, is a flower indigenous to a vast area encompassing arid parts of Africa, Asia, and Europe. The word tulip, which earlier appeared in English in forms such as tulipa or tulipant, entered the language by way of French tulipe and its obsolete form tulipan or by way of Modern Latin tulipa, from Ottoman Turkish tulbend. The tulip is the national flower of Turkey.

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