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"The Imperial Gate (Bâb-ı Hümâyûn), leading to the outermost courtyard of Topkapi Palace, was known as the Sublime Porte until the 18th century. The later Sublime Porte proper in 2006 Crowd gathering in front of the Porte's buildings shortly after hearing about the 1913 Ottoman coup d'état (also known as the Raid on the Sublime Porte) inside. The Sublime Porte, also known as the Ottoman Porte or High Porte ( Bāb-ı Ālī or Babıali, from , bāb "gate" and , alī "high"), was a synecdoche for the central government of the Ottoman Empire. History The name has its origins in the old practice in which the ruler announced his official decisions and judgements at the gate of his palace. This was the practice in the Byzantine Empire and it was also adopted by Ottoman Turk sultans since Orhan I, and therefore the palace of the sultan, or the gate leading to it, became known as the "High Gate". This name referred first to a palace in Bursa, Turkey. After the Ottomans had conquered Constantinople, now Istanbul, the gate now known as the Imperial Gate (), leading to the outermost courtyard of the Topkapı Palace, first became known as the "High Gate", or the "Sublime Porte". When Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent sealed an alliance with King Francis I of France in 1536, the French diplomats walked through the monumental gate then known as Bab-ı Ali (now Bâb-ı Hümâyûn) in order to reach the Vizierate of Constantinople, seat of the Sultan's government. French being the language of diplomacy, the French translation Sublime Porte (the adjective being unusually placed ahead of the word to emphasise its importance) was soon adopted in most other European languages, including English, to refer not only to the actual gate but as a metaphor for the Ottoman Empire. In the 18th century, a new great Italian- styled office building was built just west of Topkapi Palace area, on the other side of Alemdar Caddesi street. This became the location of the Grand Vizier and many ministries. Thereafter, this building, and the monumental gate leading to its courtyards, became known as the Sublime Porte (Bab-ı Ali); colloquially it was also known as the Gate of the Pasha (paşa kapusu). The building was badly damaged by fire in 1911. Today, the buildings house Istanbul Governor's Office. Diplomacy "Sublime Porte" was used in the context of diplomacy by Western states, as their diplomats were received at the porte (meaning "gate"). During the Second Constitutional Era of the Empire after 1908 (see Young Turk Revolution), the functions of the classical Divan-ı Hümayun were replaced by the reformed Imperial Government, and "porte" came to refer to the Foreign Ministry. During this period, the office of the Grand Vizier came to refer to the equivalent to that of a prime minister, and viziers became members of the Grand Vizier's cabinet as government ministers. See also * Bab (disambiguation) * The Court of St James's, another synecdochic term, for the United Kingdom in diplomatic relations * Raid on the Sublime Porte References Category:Gates Category:Government of the Ottoman Empire Category:1911 fires Category:Istanbul "
"This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1559. Events *April – The Act of Uniformity sets the order of prayer in accordance with a new version of the Book of Common Prayer. *Before August – Pope Paul IV promulgates the Pauline Index, an early version of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum. New books =Prose= *Jacques Amyot (translator) **Daphnis et Chloë, from Longus' Daphnis and Chloe **Vies des hommes illustres, from Plutarch's Parallel Lives (begins) *Joachim du Bellay – Discours au roi *Realdo Colombo – De Re Anatomica *Jorge de Montemayor – Diana *Die Magdeburger Centurien (Magdeburg Centuries, first three volumes, publication continues up to 1574) =Drama= *Jasper Heywood – Translation of Seneca the Younger's Troas =Poetry= *See 1559 in poetry Births *February 18 – Isaac Casaubon, Genevan classicist and church historian (died 1614) *October 12 – Jacques Sirmond, Jesuit scholar (died 1651) *December – Lupercio Leonardo de Argensola, dramatist and poet (died 1613) *unknown dates **Luis Cabrera de Córdoba, Spanish historian (died 1623) **Christopher Holywood, Jesuit writer (died 1626) **John Penry, Protestant pamphleteer and martyr (died 1593) Deaths *January – Steven Mierdman, printer (born c. 1510) *May 19 – Pierre Doré, theologian (born c. 1500) *August 15 – Luigi Lippomano, hagiographer (born 1500) *August 25 – Nicholas Tacitus Zegers, Bible exegete (born c. 1495) *September 7 – Robert Estienne, printer (born 1503) *Probable year of death – Sebastián Fox Morcillo, philosopher References * Category:Years of the 16th century in literature "
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