Ankara Altindag District 12-16. Typology and Evaluation Study on Century Mosques

The city of Ankara has a special place among the capitals of the world because it has lived uninterruptedly since ancient times. The city, which was the Turkish territory after the opening of the gates of Anatolia to the Turks with the Battle of Malazgirt in 1071, remained under the domination of the Seljuk State, the Anatolian Seljuk State and the Ottoman State from the 12th century onwards and hosted many important events. In this article, a typology study was carried out covering the mosques and masjids built between the 12th and 16th centuries and located in Altındağ, a district of Ankara. For this purpose, a source and archive research was conducted on the mosques which were built between 12th and 16th centuries in Altındağ, Ankara and they were identified and examined in site. Catalog studies were conducted on 26 of the identified mosques. These mosques were examined according to building-environment relationship, plan and space elements, facade elements, carrier system elements and materials and a typology study was conducted. Later, in the light of this study, a general evaluation was made on the architectural features of the mosques built between 12th and 16th centuries in Altındağ, Ankara.