Tag: Tulip festival in Istanbul

From the late 17th through the early 18th centuries, Ottoman society admired tulips, and Istanbul, then recognized as Constantinople, became renowned for them. ‘Tulip Fever’ was spreading steadily west, passing through the Netherlands. As a result, the 12 years leading up to the 1730s were dubbed “The Tulip Era,” or Lale Devri in Turkish. The…