WOOD IDENTIFICATION OF SARIHACILAR MOSQUE IN AKSEKI

Abstract

Wood, especially in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Region where the forests are abundant, the mudbrick made with soil and soil is used in Central Anatolia, and the stone is widely used in the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts and east and southeast Anatolia regions. The architectural tradition in a region, the geographic conditions, and the economics of the material chosen are among the important factors affecting the material preference in the structures related to the local architecture. Along with the residences in Anatolian villages, buildings such as mosques, masjid, coffee houses, village rooms, mills, warehouses, and barns are also considered within the scope of local architecture. Sarıhacılar is a village near Akseki that has mountainous and forested geography. As in the traditional buildings in the other Akseki villages on the Taurus Mountains, in the Sarıhacilar Village Mosque dated to the 19th century, wood and rubble stone were used as building materials. It is stated that the wood-based dry masonry wall system produced by the characteristic construction technique of Akseki-İbradı Basin, which is referred to as buttoned wall in the literature, reflects the thousands of years of Anatolia's tradition and is related to the Bronze Age culture. The rectangular main part of the mosque was built with a semi-masonry system and the later part of it was built with the buttoned wall technique. This study was carried out in order to make anatomical diagnosis and definition of some woods belonging to Sarıhacılar Village Mosque. The anatomical features of the woods such as especially scalloped tori and traumatic resin canals have shown that all the wood samples belong to the genus Cedar (Cedrus). There are three different species of cedar worldwide. These are the Taurus cedar (Cedrus libani A.Rich), Atlas Cedar (C. atlantica (Endl.) Manetti ex Carrière, and Himalayan cedar (C. deodara (Roxb. Ex D.Don) G.Don). Due to the fact that Akseki and Ibradi Basin are located on the Taurus Mountains and the need for wood is provided from the closest natural source in historical periods where the transportation opportunities are difficult and limited, it can be said that all the wood samples examined belong to Cedrus libani (Taurus Cedar).

Bu çalışma, ahşap ve moloz taş kullanılarak inşa edilen tarihi Akseki - Sarıhacılar Köyü Camisi'ne ait bazı ahşapların anatomik teşhis ve tanımını yapmak amacıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Ahşap örneklerinin cins / tür teşhisinin yapılmasına olanak sağlayan çalışılan anahtar nitelikteki anatomik özelliklerden traheid hücrelerinin radyal çeperlerindeki kenarlı geçitlerde görülen dişli torus, incelenen bütün ahşap örneklerinin Gymnospermae'lerden Pinaceae familyası sedir (Cedrus) cinsine ait olduğunu kanıtlamıştır. En son sistematik dizine göre (http://www.theplantlist.org) sedir cinsinin dünya üzerinde üç türü bulunmaktadır. Bunlar Toros Sediri (Cedrus libani A.Rich), Atlas Sediri (C. atlantica (Endl.) Manetti ex Carrière ve Himalaya Sediri'dir (C. deodara (Roxb. ex D.Don) G.Don). Kıbrıs sediri (C. brevifolia (Hook.f.) Elwes & A.Henry) C. libani var. brevifolia Hook.f. olarak adlandırılmaktadır. Akseki-İbradı Havzasının Toros Dağları üzerinde yer alması ve ahşap ihtiyacının ulaşım imkânlarının zor ve sınırlı olduğu tarihsel dönemlerde en yakın doğal kaynaktan temin edilmesi nedeniyle, anatomileri incelenen ahşap örneklerinin tamamının Cedrus libani (Toros Sediri) türüne ait olduğu söylenebilir.