Blue controversy over Iranian heritage; “Persian Blue” or “Turkish Blu”?

These days, when Iranian culture and art is not good, sometimes other countries are trying to record our legacy. In recent days, the release of an image of a tomb in Türkiye by a Turkish user and introducing its color as a Turkish blue Turkish Blue has become a controversial topic among cyberspace users.

This post was seen on the X network (former Twitter) about 1.5 million times and commented more than a thousand people; Iranian users also tried to prove that this color is the Iranian blue blue, and even put Garuk (X) to emphasize “Turkish Blue”; The X network also wrote in an explanation that has added to the original tweet that there is no Turkish blue.

However, Turkish users continued to insist that there was a Turkish blue; This became a theme of humor of users; To the extent that by publishing an image of the Turkish flag Eiffel Tower, it was called “Turkish Tower”!

The main building in the controversial tweet has some interesting stories. The point, although the Turkish user had changed the color in the photo so much that it was not similar to the original color. The building, called the Green Tomb, is located in the city of Bursa, Türkiye, and its interior decorations and tiles are very close to the architectural decorations of Yazd Mosque.

In this tomb, the tomb of Chalabi Mohammed, his daughters, including “Seljuk Khatun”, “Memory”, “Aisha” and “City Khatun”; His sons are also Mahmoud and Yusuf Beck and their nanny. Chalabi Mohammed is known as the second founder of the Ottoman Empire.

According to the official information of the Turkish Cultural Portal, the entrance to the tomb was damaged in the earthquake of the 6th and was rebuilt in the year 6 with the restoration of Khorasani plaster. At the entrance of the tomb there was also an artwork made by Ali Son Ahmad from Tabriz. The presence of Iranian artists in the construction and restoration of the building confirms the similarity of the interior decorations of the Bursa Green Tomb to Iran’s monuments.

“Persian Blue” such as “Persian Kat” and “Persian Carpet” is one of the world’s well -known brands in the world.

Azure and Seven Color tiles in mosques and mansions, the role of the immortal army soldiers on the glazed bricks of Apadana Susa and the widespread use of this color in Iranian art and architecture have all made this color spectrum part of Iranian visual identity; A identity with a long history.