The Turkish Michelangelo, Mimar Sinan, was engaged in 476 structures including:
- 94 large mosques (camii)
- 57 colleges
- 52 smaller mosques (mescit)
- 48 bath-houses (hamam)
- 35 palaces (saray)
- 22 mausoleums (türbe)
- 20 caravanserai(kervansaray; han),
- 17 public kitchens (imaret)
- 8 bridges
- 8 store houses or granaries
- 7 Koranic schools (medrese)
- 6 aqueducts
- 3 hospitals (darüşşifa)