Özet:

Water is vital for the continued presence of people like the all other living creatures. People have been in a relationship with water in every period of history. They have been using it for drinking, agriculture, manufacturing and prufying. Using water for prufying has definitely dimensions in both physical and spritiual. People have created places for water to make it happen. The physical and technical conditions of these places have evolved over time. The Anatolia Region has a lot of water usage places as an example of wealth in terms of water. There have been lots of important places which are inherited from Ancient Greek, Rome, Byzantine Empire, Seljuk State and Ottoman Empire. The most important of these places are baths. These places are explained in a historical development line and also concidered as a culture and communication environment in this research. The study focused on the issues like the baths effects on social structure and the roles that are taking place in these places continuously.

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