Traditional Turkish houses

Robustness, functionality, economy and aesthetics are the essential features of traditional Turkish houses. These houses were built along the edge of the road and square, reflecting strong respect for neighbors. In most cases, the houses on both sides of the road are separated by high walls according to the structure of the land, and the prominent part of these walls faces the street.

The entrance to the house usually goes through the inner door leading to the garden. When housekeeping is permitted, a high wall ensures its privacy A woman inside the house will look up on the second floor while chatting with the hanging window (street or garden) of the hall. The top upper window is protected with a bar or grill.

In the indoors, the room is located around, side, side, or around the public space called the sofa (hall). The sofa is an indoor court in a sense. This is the area that provides work space in everyday life and promotes circulation between rooms. They occasionally open on one side, sometimes on both sides completely

The room is supplied to meet all needs of residents. There, people can sit down and rest, sleep, eat, worship, work, and even take a shower. As built-in furniture, there are built-in cabinets, open shelves, lockers, places to clean the walls. The sofa in front of the window is seat and bed, the center of the room on the left is free. The main residential area of ​​the house is the upper floor and the lowest floor is assigned to the service area.

Materials used at home vary with region and climate conditions. Wood and stones are used in the Black Sea region such as Safranbolu, wood and stones are used in the western and southern regions, Central Anatolia and eastern Turkey according to the combination of mud brick and wood.

In addition to the traditional Turkic culture brought by the Central Asian Turks, the traditional Turkish traditional houses' architectural style has been left to Anatolia since the Byzantine era, as well as a variety of climate and natural resources It is affected. Natural and inorganic local materials give the characteristics and characteristics of Turkish houses; in North Anatolia it is a wooden house from a jungle, in central Anatolia it is a stone and a dry brick house, in Western Anatolia it is a South Anatolian stone, a wooden house. Combined with these principles, Turkish housing interior planning is used for various purposes such as winter and summer rooms. Furthermore, the customs of Islam and Turkey have played an important role in shaping the house. The difference between the climate and the region still exists, but this factor summarizes a common plan to make Turkish housing more homogeneous.

Robustness, functionality, economy and aesthetics are the essential features of traditional Turkish houses. These houses were built along the edge of the road and square, reflecting strong respect for neighbors. In most cases, the houses on both sides of the road are separated by high walls according to the structure of the land, and the prominent part of these walls faces the street. The entrance to the house usually goes through the inner door leading to the garden. When housekeeping is permitted, a high wall ensures its privacy A woman inside the house will look up on the second floor while chatting with the hanging window (street or garden) of the hall. The top upper window is protected with a bar or grill.