Özet:

Water, as in all living beings, is the indispensable priority of life and existence in human life. Thro history, the water attributed to holiness, in addition to meeting daily needs such as food and drink, has also influenced agriculture and production, settlement and life, and has created water culture. In the process of historical development of water culture, the hammas that make up an important part of this culture are water structures that, on the one hand, make the bathroom and the physical and spiritual cleansing possible, on the other hand, influence the art and social life by living social life, entertainment and traditions. The hammas have an important place in the water culture as a concrete culture that includes the places where swimming activities take place, as well as as as an abstract cultural subject that affects the social life and shapes the values of this life. In this study, hammas, which form an important part of the water culture of the Ottoman era, have been drawn up in the historic development process of the water culture and the effects of art and social life have been evaluated through the city of Eskişehir hammas culture and hammas samples. The contents of the study include the historical development of water culture and its reflections in different geographics and civilizations, the effects of concrete cultural water objects on the city and cultural memory, the effects on social and artistic life as a cultural heritage in the historical development process of the hamam structures. This study, on the one hand, is of importance to provide information about the historical development of water culture and the social and artistic effects of the hammas in this process, and on the other hand to reflect the close relationship between the concrete and non- concrete cultural values in the cultural heritage.

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