Selimiye Barracks
Üsküdar, Turkey
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
Selimiye Barracks, also known as Scutari Barracks, is a building in Ottoman architecture in the Selimiye area of Üsküdar on the Asian side of Istanbul, Turkey. Sultan Selim III had it built for the soldiers of the Nizam-ı Cedid, the "New Order" of Ottoman military reform. It later served as a hospital and now houses the headquarters of the First Army of Turkish Land Forces.
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- Built
- Type
- barracks, former hospital
- Place
- Üsküdar, Turkey
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