Wooden-Pillared Sille Çay Mosque and Its Wooden Elements

Year 2023, , 485 - 503, 31.07.2023

Fikret Bademci

https://doi.org/10.30785/mbud.1273956

Abstract

The use of wood, a traditional building material, in historical mosques dates back to ancient times. The use of wood, which has a wide range of applications in mosques, in the load-bearing system of the building is seen as a distinctive feature of the building. The reason for this situation is that the number of mosques in which wood is used in the load-bearing system is low today. Wooden-pillared mosques, which belong to different periods and have different plan types, can be found in different regions and cities. One of these types of structures, which are frequently encountered especially in Central and Inner Western Anatolia, is the Sille Çay Mosque in Konya. The goal of this study is to document the Sille Çay Mosque as an example of a mosque with wooden columns and to reveal its original aspect. In this context, a sketch of the current state of the building was prepared by examining the building; the architectural elements in the building were photographed, and their ornaments were analyzed. As a result, it was observed that woodworking was used extensively in the mosque, which has a basilical plan typology among the 19th-century wooden-pillared mosques, especially in the pulpit, mihrab, and lectern, and suggestions were made for the restoration of the structure.

Keywords

Wooden-Pillared Mosque, Sille Çay Mosque, wood, woodworking

Thanks

The article complies with national and international research and publication ethics. Ethics Committee approval was not required for the study.

Ahşap Direkli Sille Çay Cami ve Ahşap Elemanları

Abstract

Geleneksel bir yapı malzemesi olan ahşabın tarihi camilerde kullanılması çok eskilere dayanmaktadır. Camiler içerisinde çok geniş bir kullanım alanına sahip ahşabın yapının taşıyıcı sisteminde kullanılması yapı için ayırt edici bir özellik olarak görülmektedir. Bu durumun temelinde taşıyıcı sisteminde ahşap kullanılan cami sayısının günümüzde az olması yatmaktadır. Farklı dönem ve farklı plan tiplerine sahip olan ahşap direkli camilere farklı bölge ve şehirlerde rastlanabilmektedir. Özellikle orta ve iç batı Anadolu’da sıklıkla rastlanan bu tip yapılardan bir tanesi de Konya’da bulunan Sille Çay Camisidir. Çalışmanın amacı ahşap sütunlu cami örneği olarak Sille Çay Camii'ni belgelemek ve özgün halini ortaya koymaktır. Bu bağlamda yapıya temas edilerek yapının mevcut durumunun krokisi hazırlanmış, yapıdaki mimari elemanlar fotoğraflanmış ve süslemeleri incelenmiştir. Sonuç olarak 19. yüzyıl ahşap direkli camiler arasında bazilika plan tipolojisine sahip camide ahşap işçiliğinin özellikle de minber, mihrap ve kürsüde yoğun olarak kullanıldığı görülmüş ve yapının restorasyonuna yönelik önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

Keywords

Ahşap direkli cami, Sille Çay Cami, ahşap, ahşap işçiliği

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