Building a reputation for the grand master of Ottoman architecture.

Discusses the work of 16th-century Turkish architect Sinan ibn Abdulmennan, who is considered to be the man who perfected Ottoman classical-style architecture. The book `Sinan: The Grand Old Master of Ottoman Architecture,' by Dr. Aptullah Kuran, an architectural historian at the University of the Bosphoros; The work of Sinan in Istanbul; Kuran's comments on the work of Sinan; Profile of Kuran.