Abstract
Behram Pasha Mosque is one of the historical mosques, which is the work of Mimar Sinan [1], located in the southwest of Diyarbakır’s Suriçi Region. Georadar (GPR) method is one of the geophysical applications in which possible gaps, fractures, collapses, etc. damages are determined non-destructively on the walls and floors of historical buildings. Therefore, in one of the historic mosques in Diyarbakir Behram Pasha Mosque, expert geophysical engineers carried out the GPR scanning of the grounds and walls without damaging the mosque’s physical structure. In GPR surveys, the depth of investigation (penetration) was chosen as 20 m on the ground and 4 m on the wall. It is aimed to show the anomaly structures in the study area and its immediate surroundings due to the determination of the underground void structures and the continuity of the surface fractures at the research depth. In GPR studies, it has been determined that there are cracks and fractures on the walls of the mosque, of which the smallest was 12 cm and the largest was 40 cm, water leakage on the ground, deterioration due to corrosion, and partial collapses. The regions with the detected deformations are marked on the radar sections. The study was completed with the thought that the determined structural problems will contribute to the restoration and strengthening works to be done in the future in the mosque as an up-to-date guide.
Highlights
Diyarbakır Suriçi Region is a settlement center bearing the traces of culture and civilization where are historical mosques, churches, bazaars, inns, Turkish baths, and traditional houses
Diyarbakır Behram Paşa Mosque is one of the historical mosques in the Suriçi Region, which has an important place in terms of its original architecture and construction technique
Behram Pasha Mosque, which is different from the classical Diyarbakır mosques with its technique and style, is actively used today
Summary
Diyarbakır Suriçi Region is a settlement center bearing the traces of culture and civilization where are historical mosques, churches, bazaars, inns, Turkish baths, and traditional houses. Behram Pasha Mosque is located in the southwestern part of the Suriçi Region, on Bayram Pasha Street in the Süleyman Nazif District, as shown in Figure 3 a, b It was built between 1564-1572 [3, 9] using the traditional masonry construction technique. Instrumental surveys were carried out with the GPR method in order to determine the causes of the structural problems detected in the Behram Paşa Mosque, located in the southwest of Diyarbakır Suriçi Region. Non-destructive methods can be used to detect structural problems in historical buildings without damaging the building and the GPR method is one of the non-destructive methods For this reason, the structural problems in the mosque, the causes of damage were investigated by scanning the floors and walls.
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