Yeni Bulgular Işığında Termessos Şehirciliğine İlişkin Değerlendirmeler

Abstract

In this study the archeological and cultural remains which were discovered between 2010 and 2013 are introduced, and these finds from Termessos are studied within the context of urbanism. The city which was founded on the terraces and slopes and which has a quite complicated city plan, carries the characteristics of both Hellenistic and Roman Imperial Era urbanism. The Roman policy of urbanism that added functional­ity to the features initiated by Attalos’ of monumentality and completeness can be observed, particularly in the city center and in adjacent areas, with the finds made by the colonnaded road that show this area was realized to plan before the Roman Imperial Era. In addition to this, a number of different techniques are employed in the urban­ism at Termessos that differ from the urbanism found in other cities. In the course of urbanism, the people of Termessos took advantage of the relevant techniques and orga­niz­ed the land according to the needs of the city by choos­ing a functional plan which does not follow a deter­mined axis, but instead conforms to the geograph­ical situation and the morphological status of the land. The urbanism at Termessos is evaluated through the finds made in the Lower City, the City Center, the Col­onnaded Street and in its surroundings.