Özet:

Tyana is a mound settlemenet in the vicinity of Bor District in Niğde Porovince, upon which Kemerhisar Town is established nowadays. The historical resources and architectural monuments that have been able to survive until today demonstrate that the location has witnessed an uninterrupted settlement starting from the Hittites Period up to present. It is accepted by a large portion of the researches that Tuwanuva settlement mentioned in the Hittite cuneiform documents of the II nd thousand B.C. is today’s Kemerhisar. The sound resemblance of this name reverberating as Tyana in the late Roman Period with Tuwanuva seems to be the evidence of the fact that the earliest settlement here extended until the II nd thousand B.C. However, due to the fact that we are deprived of the archaeological data related to the pre-Roman Period, it is not possible for us to comment on the texture of Tyana city in the II nd thousand B.C. as for now. It is observed that there used to be a dense housing on the mound, particularly in the late ancient age, which is understood from the fact that historical resources have a history stretching out to the II nd thousand B.C. This housing has continued uninterruptedly in the Seljukian, Ottoman and Republic Periods and the settlemenet has become a medium-sized town nowadays. In the settlement which was rather known for its basin providing water for the city and aqueducts in the late Roman Period, a church, baptistery and additionalstructures dating to the Christianity Period uncovered as a result of the excavations continuing for 13 years prove that the settlement wa an important centre during the Byzantine Period as well. The walls uncovered in the excavations show that the city was surrounded by fortification walls in the late ancient age. As the Seljuks took over the region, a new city texture was created upon the ols settlement as a result of the religious and civil housing in the Turkish Period. A great majority of the structures surviving until today which are still in use also belong to the Turkish period. Due to the past of the city, the entire settlement area was registered as the 1st and 3rd degree archaeological site, and with the approval of the master plan in 2007 for protective purposes, the historical texture of the city was taken under protection. After the Italian excavations lasting for 13 years in the city, within thescope of the new period research, excavation and restoration studies that we started under the presidency of the Museum and under the scientific consultancy of Assoc. Prof. Osman Doganay, our initial findings of the housing starting from the late ancient period and lasting until today in Kemerhisar will be briefly evaluated within the scope of this study. Thus, based on the structures that have been able to survive until today, it is aimed to present the development of the city starting from the late ancient age until today. Within the scope of the architectural housing in question, the structures of the Roman Empire water systems (basin, aqueduct and bathhouse) and temples in the city, the church and baptistery of the Byzantine Period, the mosque, masjid and hamams of the Turkish Period and social structures and local dwellings of the Republic Period and architectural pieces belonging to them are the primary subjects to be addressed within the scope of our presentation.