MANSION BATHS OF KAYSERİ

Abstract

The baths has an important place in all the settlements since ancient times. Bath architecture which constitutes an important place in the history of architecture, revealed different functions with a different typology in separate nations and regions.In Turkish culture, since bathing and cleaning always have a priority, baths are attributed a meaning in this way. Beside cleanliness, in many social events such as birth, marriage, and circumcision, Turkish baths which have an important wealth in the sense of being scene to these events appear us as the reflections of a deep-rooted culture. In some regions of Anatolia, the baths still maintain these functions in social life.In this study, four mansion baths one of which is in the central city of Kayseri, two of which are in the village of Tavlusun and one of which is in the village of Germir have been surveyed. Two of Kayseri mansion baths were built as adjacent to Güpgüpoğlu mansion bath and Osman Çetin bath, and the baths belonging to Tavlusun Bektaşoğlu and Germir Sadık Çelen mansions were built separately.The basic construction in baths is understood to be established upon the main places associated with bathing in the order of "dressing, warmness, hotness," with the installation part of "water tank and boiler room". The baths are examples of discrete plan types.In this study, the mansion baths of Kayseri will be presented in some ways such as the independent locations of these baths in the houses or in the land, their building and topography relation, architecture and structural elements, decorative elements, plumbing and heating system and with the light of information to be obtained in this context, the place of Kayseri mansion baths in the Turkish bath architecture will be attempted to be determined.

Keywords

• Kayseri
• mansion
• bath
• architecture