Typological analysis of wooden minaret mosques in Tokat.

Authors : Elif YAPRAK BAŞARAN, Özlem SAĞIROĞLU DEMİRCİ

Pages : 539-549

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Publication Date : 2023-09-29

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Anatolia is a region that has hosted many civilizations since the beginning of history and has different climatic and geographical features. From past civilizations to the present, buildings, and ruins built using very different techniques and materials, showing rural or urban characteristics, and having public or civil use have remained. These cultural assets are valuable as they are documents of these civilizations. Mosques with wooden minarets, as witnesses of the past, exist as architectural works that include the technical, material, and technological development of the Ottoman period public life. However, they are disappearing day by day due to the scarcity of users triggered by migration, the problems of finding masters and materials for their protection use, and financing problems. This article aims to document and make a typological analysis of mosques with wooden minarets in the province of Tokat, where very few examples are still available. For this purpose, a field study was carried out to cover the whole province; The data obtained are presented by evaluating through the table.
Keywords : Wooden mosque, rural mosque, wooden minaret, restoration