ORDU / PERŞEMBE'DEN İKİ AHŞAP ÇANTI CAMİ ÖRNEĞİ

Abstract

It is a well-known fact that wood, of which the usage in architecture is as old as the humanity, plays a crucial role and is an indispensable material. Wood has been widely used in Black Sea Region in Anatolia, especially Eastern Black Sea Region at Ordu/ Persembe in architecture. Buildings and serender (chamber standing on four legs) which can be seen even today in the country of the region constitute the best examples of this type. Within this context, wooden nail-free mosques are the cultural values in the region that should be focused on. The wooden nail-free mosques, which have emerged in accordance with the conditions and needs of the region, are, in a sense, the continuity of a former tradition. In the present study, two samples of these wooden nail-free mosques, Kutluca Street Mosque and Afirli Street Mosque, which contain their own characteristics in Persembe which is an area having its own peculiarities from different per­spectives are handled. Our objective in this study is to certify these two buildings which decrease in number day by day and which are nearly extinct and save the new ones to those samples. These mosques which have not been published before have been introduced by means of their architectural features and considering the similar samples nearby settings their places in Central and Eastern Black Sea Region have been evaluated and their importance in Anatolian Turkish architecture has been stressed.