Özet:

Hatunsaray neighbourhood of Meram district, 35 km southwest of Konya was built on ancient Lystra, one of the famous cities of Lycaonia in Turkish period. In the New Testament, along with Lystra/Hatunsaray, which is mentioned among the cities that St. Paul visited during his travels to spread Christianity in Anatolia; Kilistra/Gökyurt, Botsa/Güneydere and Detse/Yeşildere, located nearby to Hatunsaray are also remarkable with their religious and social structures in rock carving technique similar to those in Cappadocia and Phrygia. During the surface surveys carried out in Hatunsaray and its surroundings in 2012 and 2013, it is observed that the historical water structures in the region were designed under the geographical conditions and they are the architectural solutions to meet the basic vital needs such as drinking and agricultural usage and also cleaning and transportation. The 3 laundries, 13 fountains, 8 bridges and 7 cisterns searched in this study are the material cultural data of the revived socio-economic life of Hatunsaray, and its surroundings during the Turkish period, and the use of the limited water resources in the region in history. It can be said that; in the region, the construction of rock-carved cisterns, which became widespread in the region, especially in the Roman era, continued in the Turkish period and a water storage technique was developed, unique to the region with its hydraulic features. In addition, original outcomes can be made from the fountain inscriptions about water culture and construction management in vernacular architecture. Apart from the Sille Laundry in Selçuklu district, the other three laundries in Konya are in Gökyurt. On the other hand, the fact that Hatunsaray is on the caravan route of Konya-Antalya and Alanya, and existing large and small rivers were required the construction of many bridges. In the studies dealing with the religious and civil architecture of the research region, in particular the water structures; no evaluation was made in terms of architecture, art history and settlement archaeology. In this study; following the introduction part, in which boundaries and importance of the subject are mentioned, the history of topography of Hatunsaray and its surroundings defined in outline, the characteristic of the regional structures in Turkish water architecture are determined and attention is drawn to their value in terms of urban archaeology and a detailed building catalog is included with the results of the research.