"The great architect Sinan's life to become animated feature film
The Kayseri Mayor's Office has announced that the life of Mimar Koca Sinan (Great Architect Sinan) will be the subject of an animated feature film.
Mayor Osman Güneş says they hope to transfer the information about Sinan's life and his great works to an innovative medium. The project is planned to tell coming generations and the world the story of this great Ottoman architect whose abilities were beyond examples during his time and after, the mayor said.
Mimar Koca Sinan, born in Kayseri in 1489, was taken to İstanbul as a 'devşirme (children taken to the Ottoman palace for military and arts training) by the ninth Sultan Yavuz Sultan Selim. After improving his skills, wisdom and creativity he came to be known as the genius architect of the empire. "
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