CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND WALL TECHNIQUES OF MOSQUE WITH TABHANES
TABHANELİ CAMİLERİN İNŞA MALZEMESİ VE DUVAR TEKNİKLERİ

Author : Türkan ACAR
Number of pages : 311-326

Abstract

Mosques with tabhanes, served rather for social purposes to serve Akhis and travelling Dervishes who were considered as critical agents in the establishment and development of Ottoman Empire. Mosques with tabhanes in Anatolia were built in the period between XIV and XVI. centuries. Soon after the institutions and people which these mosques had served for had disappeared, these buildings served solely for worshipping. In this work were examined, building materials and wall techniques used in the mosque of tabhanes in Anatolia. The outer walls of the mosque with tabhanes are built with a traditional mortar masonry technique. In the wall braid, are used with mostly cut stone and also rough stone, rubble, creeks stones and marbles, bricks. The political and socio-economic situation and the geographical characteristics are important of these materials in the use of buildings.

Keywords

Ottoman Empire, mosque with tabhanes, tabhane, cut stone, alternating bond.

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