Hammam El Soltane room is square, with each side 6.5 meters long. There is a central dome and barrel vaults on both sides. The dome is of tripartite composition, consisting of a rectangular base, an octagonal drum and a hemispherical cap. The vaults, oriented north–south, are over 14 meters long and 4 meters wide. Hammam El Soltane Hammam El Soltane (Arabic: حمام السلطان), literally ""Sultan's bath"", is one of the most famous Turkish baths in the medina of Sfax. Currently not functioning, it is at risk of being demolished. The hammam is in the eastern part of the medina in Sfax near Sidi
Turkish language Atatürk to replace the Ottoman Turkish alphabet, a version of Perso-Arabic alphabet. The Ottoman alphabet marked only three different vowels—long "ā, ū" and "ī"—and included several redundant consonants, such as variants of "z" (which were distinguished in Arabic but not in Turkish). The omission of short vowels in the Arabic script was claimed to make it particularly unsuitable for Turkish, which has eight vowels. The reform of the script was an important step in the cultural reforms of the period. The task of preparing the new alphabet and selecting the necessary modifications for sounds specific to Turkish was entrusted to