On the picture: The (in ‘Art Deco’-style restored) windows in the southern facade of the Selamlık, seen from the inside.

‘Art Deco’ is an influential visual arts design style which first appeared in France after World War I, flourishing internationally in the 1930s and 1940s before its popularity waned after World War II. It is an eclectic style that combines traditional craft motifs with Machine Age imagery and materials. The style is often characterized by rich colors, bold geometric shapes, and lavish ornamentation. It ran to symmetry rather than asymmetry, and to the rectilinear rather than the curvilinear (unlike its predecessor ‘Art Nouveau’).

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Sources: ‘Şanlıurfa Valiliği: Konuk Evi’, 1999 - Wikipedia & Personal visit (1999).