Abstract:

It is known that the history of the Romans, even though the Hamam culture has gained popularity along with the Ottoman and is a cultural heritage. In our culture, the hammas, which are considered a feature of purity, healing, first of all, the religion, are also used as places of socialization and entertainment. Through our traditions, the Hamam culture, which has a thousand-year history, is important to bring to our day, not only a ritual, but also an environment where interpersonal communication is widely used. When it comes to Hamam, it is possible to talk about some of the traditions. In the beginning of the unchanged characteristics of the hamam culture that evolved from yesterday to today, the presence of traditions such as bride hamam, soldier hamam, thirty hamam, sunset hamam, holiday hamam is attracted. Thus, beyond the place where the ham is only washed and cleaned; meeting, welding, entertainment, chat, etc. It is possible to say that the communication environment is where it is created. Approaching from a communication point of view to the hamam culture, which is one of our traditions inherited by this thought by movement, is the purpose of this study. For this purpose, a semi-configured conversation with 20 women and men of different ages and educational levels was conducted. According to the information obtained from the conversations, it has been found that the hamam culture is not only unique to women, but has gained popularity among men, that the women prefer to the wedding hamam and the men prefer to the soldier or holiday hamam, that the hamam is generally accepted as a communication environment, and that it allows for the continuation of interpersonal communication, even that the friendship established in the hamam is a place where the relationship and communication are moved to the present day for years. As a result, it is possible to say that there is a bridge that has been built between yesterday and today, where the communication environments are intense, there are many rituals, there are conversations, there are glorious laughs, there are entertainment, there is a bridge that has been built between yesterday and today, as part of our culture.

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