Abstract:

In this article, the changing meanings and perception types of alcove and şahnişin in Ottoman society is evaluated as a space that stays in a room or a sofa and orients to the street. The etymology of alcove and şahnişin, the poetry of space, its place in literal narrations, its position in municipal specifications and space function makes the evaluation of cumba/şahnişin together with its socio-cultural sides and the expression of its perception types in the society possible. In this context, it will be expressed in this article that the perception and terms related with space aren’t solely limited with their present meanings in the dictionaries by examining  each construction object in Ottoman society is seperately perceived  by the way of documents and other texts in different sections and interests of the society.

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