Özet:

The subject Ayvalık settlement in Balıkesir has become one of the most important port settlements of the Western Anatolian coasts due to olive oil / soap production and trade network in the 19th century. In the same periods, production and trade places that have started to take place in the urban texture of the settlement started to be formed in this century. One of these building groups is also shops. The shops, whose doors open directly to the street or the bazaar and which are the smallest unit of trade, are the most important component of the urban texture and commercial activities because of their diversity and abundance. In addition, they are good indicators of the economic and social history of the settlement. In this study, 60 shops located in the city center of Ayvalık were discussed. In the urban plan created by a port-based trade, the locations of them and their relationship with the city plan were revealed. There are three main types of shops in the settlement; “one-storey, two-storey and, shops under the dwelling”. Single facade of them open directly onto the Street in general. Large doors and windows are placed on the facade surface of them. On these surfaces, different arrangements are created with the positions of the doors and windows relative to each other. In some examples, Neoclassical ornamental elements can be seen in this facade arrangement and door . It seems to be compatible with other building groups in the urban texture in terms of facade layout, construction material and decoration content. The aim of this study is to evaluate the shops that are dated to the first quarter of the 19th century and the first quarter of the 20th century in terms of architecture and style and to contribute to the works related to the commercial places in the 19th century harbor settlements of the Ottoman State with this cultural heritage in Ayvalık.

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