Murabbalı mecidiye

Ok, so imagine you have a toy car, and you want to make it look really cool and shiny. You might put some fancy stickers or paint on it, right? That's kind of like what people do with some fancy buildings in Turkey called "murabbalı mecidiye."

Basically, murabbalı mecidiye are special buildings that have lots of intricate patterns and designs on the outside. These designs are made using a special type of ceramic tile that's called "iznik." The tiles are painted with special colors and patterns, and then they're put together like a puzzle to create beautiful pictures on the walls of the building.

These kinds of buildings were really popular in Turkey a long time ago, like hundreds of years ago. People would build them to show off their wealth and power, because the fancy designs and colors were expensive to make. But now, they're more like works of art or historical landmarks that people can visit and admire.

When we say "murabbalı," that just means "decorated" in Turkish. And "mecidiye" is the name of a place in Istanbul where there were a lot of these fancy buildings. So when we say "murabbalı mecidiye," we're talking about those special buildings that are all pretty and colorful on the outside. Cool, huh?