Investigation of Kastamonu Principalities Period Rural Mosques in the Context of Architectural Conservation

Rural heritage is a memory created by tangible and intangible cultural accumulations of human identity in the historical process. The traditional, locality-specific, and locality-defining architecture, shaped by the requirements of cultural accumulation, behaviors, and needs, and the data such as to...

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Main Authors: Gökçen Gökgöz Gedik, Emre Kishalı, Nurdan Kuban Orcan
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Published: Istanbul University Press 2025-01-01
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author Gökçen Gökgöz Gedik
Emre Kishalı
Nurdan Kuban Orcan
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description Rural heritage is a memory created by tangible and intangible cultural accumulations of human identity in the historical process. The traditional, locality-specific, and locality-defining architecture, shaped by the requirements of cultural accumulation, behaviors, and needs, and the data such as topography and materials offered by the natural landscape, represents the rural architectural heritage as concrete evidence of memory. As a product of this representation, when the traces of history in rural Kastamonu are followed through architectural heritage, the first nuclei of Turkish architecture are seen as mosque architecture. For this reason, Gölköy Village Şeyh Ahmet Mosque and Şeyh Village Akça-su Mosque, which are the first examples of the construction movement that started in the countryside in the name of Islamisation and Turkification, and Duruçay Village Halil Bey Mosque and Kasaba Village Mahmut Bey Mosque, which the commanders of Candaroğlu Principality built, were examined within the scope of the study. The study presents an architectural discussion on the mosques that have survived to this day as 13th-century buildings and are located in the countryside. It also conveys the current conservation problems of these buildings that have witnessed history. For this purpose, archive records were analyzed, interviews with users and fieldwork were conducted, and the usage problems of the buildings, intervention methods carried out in the historicalprocess, deterioration, and risks were identified and documented. The problems faced by these buildings, which have existed for approximately 800 years, and the measures taken to maintain their existence are discussed.
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spelling doaj-art-fb1336ccd9ae44b394fa643b3b477f572025-08-20T03:52:52ZengIstanbul University PressArt-Sanat2148-35822025-01-012312515510.26650/artsanat.2025.23.0007123456Investigation of Kastamonu Principalities Period Rural Mosques in the Context of Architectural ConservationGökçen Gökgöz Gedik0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6595-3457Emre Kishalı1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1740-5042Nurdan Kuban Orcan2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1928-9951Kocaeli Üniversitesi, Kocaeli, TürkiyeKocaeli Üniversitesi, Kocaeli, TürkiyeMarmara Üniversitesi, İstanbul, TürkiyeRural heritage is a memory created by tangible and intangible cultural accumulations of human identity in the historical process. The traditional, locality-specific, and locality-defining architecture, shaped by the requirements of cultural accumulation, behaviors, and needs, and the data such as topography and materials offered by the natural landscape, represents the rural architectural heritage as concrete evidence of memory. As a product of this representation, when the traces of history in rural Kastamonu are followed through architectural heritage, the first nuclei of Turkish architecture are seen as mosque architecture. For this reason, Gölköy Village Şeyh Ahmet Mosque and Şeyh Village Akça-su Mosque, which are the first examples of the construction movement that started in the countryside in the name of Islamisation and Turkification, and Duruçay Village Halil Bey Mosque and Kasaba Village Mahmut Bey Mosque, which the commanders of Candaroğlu Principality built, were examined within the scope of the study. The study presents an architectural discussion on the mosques that have survived to this day as 13th-century buildings and are located in the countryside. It also conveys the current conservation problems of these buildings that have witnessed history. For this purpose, archive records were analyzed, interviews with users and fieldwork were conducted, and the usage problems of the buildings, intervention methods carried out in the historicalprocess, deterioration, and risks were identified and documented. The problems faced by these buildings, which have existed for approximately 800 years, and the measures taken to maintain their existence are discussed.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/801A59EB1EC24CF0BA671765E1745AC7principalities periodrural heritagekastamonuconservationfriday mosque
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Investigation of Kastamonu Principalities Period Rural Mosques in the Context of Architectural Conservation
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kastamonu
conservation
friday mosque
title Investigation of Kastamonu Principalities Period Rural Mosques in the Context of Architectural Conservation
title_full Investigation of Kastamonu Principalities Period Rural Mosques in the Context of Architectural Conservation
title_fullStr Investigation of Kastamonu Principalities Period Rural Mosques in the Context of Architectural Conservation
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title_sort investigation of kastamonu principalities period rural mosques in the context of architectural conservation
topic principalities period
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kastamonu
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