Abstract:

The study of examples of civil architecture in Anatolian cities is not only indispensable to define the way of life of Ottoman period people but it is also an important subject matter to see their physical contribution to the traditional street structure. Traditional streets, which serve as a bridge between the public sphere and the private property, change with the replacement of traditional civil architecture with flats in apartment buildings. Streets most affected from this change are dead-ends, where the feeling of privacy is more apparent. And also in shady streets of Antep and other Southeastern Anatolian cities where passages named kabaltı (abbara) and bay windowed houses are mainly seen. Traditional streets are replaced with wider streets where modern vehicles can easily move. This is a research of the streets of Antep Merkez District Yaprak Quarter which face the danger of losing their authenticity and the contribution of civil architecture to the structure of these streets.

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