An Assessment of Hadice Sultan’s Foundatıons at the Directorate of Foundations Evaluated as Book Arts

The foundations, one of the most important resources of historical and cultural heritage, are originated from islamic law aiming to help and charity for people. foundations has provided social, cultural and economic services in many fields and has presented the best examples of social help and solidarity with hospitals, almshouses and care centers. primarily sultans and female sultans, and notables and wealthy people established many foundations. thus, officialization of these important foundations has been an inevitable necessity. the existence of foundation certificate-charters has gained importance since they introduce, document and officialize them in every respect. foundation certificate-charters have not only been the texts teaching us the importance of a foundation they also give the information and conditions about the foundation founded. they have also been important documents in terms of culture, art and art history. in this respect, these works that can be regarded as works of art are worth examining. in this study, the 1226-1811 numbered certificate-charter foundation inventories at the directorate of foundations, directorate of culture and registry were examined as book arts.