Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire

Paintings of Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz will be showcased at an exhibition in Paris between April 26 and May 7, the International Culture and Arts Association (UKSD), the exhibition's organizer, said in a statement April 20.

When I saw the gaudy chairs German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seated in during her visit to Turkey, I took a look at the photos of Sultan Abdülaziz and Sultan Abdul Hamid; no, they did not have such gaudy armchairs. 

It is not tasteful splendor, it is only gaudiness. The correct word for these armchairs and for the presidential palace in Ankara is "gaudy."

A Quran manuscript, written by Mahmut Celaleddin in the second half of the 18th century and owned by Sultan Abdulaziz, was sold for 540,000 pounds at the Islamic artworks auction, which was held on Oct. 8 in London by Christie?s.