Abstract:

The Temple of Zuesin the Aizanoi Antique City which today is Çavdarhisar of the Kütahya Province is not only one the most important example of the Roman architecture, it also bears testimonytohistory with the graffiti’s imprinted on its walls which have survived to the present day. The compositions of the graffiti’sharbor clues to the socio-cultural lives of those who have engraved them. The fact that most of them had been created in groups as well as their construction technique and consecutive compositions indicate that they have been created by the same crowd of people. In this regard, the article includes only the graffiti’s that have been engraved on the temple walls which involve lute and lover figuresbecause, aside from shedding light to the Turkization of Anatolia, these figures are religious and cultural representations of the past life of the tribe that had settled here. Furthermore, they are also indicators of the changes that had transpired within the community of the engraved figures. In addition to the period, the persons and the means of how these figures were engraved, this articlealso examines the link of these composition and figures with the cave paintings and graffiti’s found both inside and outside Anatolia as well as their place and importancewithin the Turkish culture and art