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8th International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions, SAHC 2012, Wroclaw, Poland, 15 - 17 October 2012, pp.2627-2634, (Full Text)
Histrocial buildings which reflects the cultural values, lifestyles, social and economic ranks of the societies in the past, have been affected by the changes of circumstances in time. Change is continious and a result of development.It is crucial to regain, evaluate and functionalize in accordance with the conception and criteria of contemporary conservation, the structures that are the most important representatives of our cultural and historical inheritance because of the changing cultural, physical and social environment circumstances. It is also critically important to transfer historical structures which are the products of our cultural inheritance to the future in order to maintain the continuity of cultural inheritance. In this context, during the Selcuklu and Ottoman period, complexes which consisted of madrasah, guest houses (tabhane), hospital, public kitchen (imaret), public baths (hamam), fountain, market and so on that were built with a mosque, as a religious and social centre. One of the complexes which is an important example of our cultural inheritance is the Bayezid II Complex which was built in the Sultan Bayezid II period in 15th century, in Edirne, the second capital city of the Ottoman Empire.The complex construction group includes units such as mosque, madrasah, guesthouse, mental hospital (Sifahane), double Turkish baths, mill, bridge and water mill. Mosque, hospital, madrasah and guest house that take place in these units and reach to today, have survived by the conservation applications cyclically. The hospital part of the complex, by the mediation of Health Museum, was deemed worthy fort he European Museum Prize in 2004 and has contributed to Edirne city tourism. In this study, it will be attempted to evaluate the decisions about functionalizing of the "Bayezid II Complex" which is an important element of our cultural inheritance, in accordance with the contemporary conservation conceptions and criteria, and explicate the building with its all units.