AN EVALUATION ON DEFENSE STRUCTURES IN CATALCA REGION
| dc.contributor.author | Efeoglu, Melik | |
| dc.contributor.author | Eyupgiller, Kemal Kutgun | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-06T17:43:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-01-06T17:43:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Human beings, who want to protect themselves against threats and dangers that may come from outside, have researched and developed different defense methods throughout history. This search, which has become a necessity in the historical process, has led to the emergence of different defense practices and defense structures. Defense structures, which are one of the important sources that shed light on the experiences of past civilizations and one of the building blocks of the architectural heritage, allow access to information about the defense history and technologies of societies, as well as contribute to comment on their social, cultural and economic structures. These defensive structure, which were built to protect from various effects of nature, predators or aggressive groups starting from the primitive periods, differ depending on the development level of the societies and the geographical features of the region. Changing combat techniques and technologies have accelerated the transformation, renewal and development of defense structures in the process. Catalca Region has an important area among the military architectural heritage sites in terms of the originality and diversity of its historical defense structures. The defense structures in the region are cultural properties that represent the military architecture and defense strategy of the period they were built. This study, which investigates the historical defense structures in the Catalca Region, consists of three sections. In the first part, changes in defense structures through historical process were discussed. Also, the elements that trigger the development of defense structures were briefly handled. In the second part, in parallel with the development of defense structures in the historical course, defense structures in the Catalca Region were addressed. The history and architectural features of the defense structures in the region were tried to be emphasized. In the last part, a general evaluation was made on these defensive structures and their current situation and the conservation problems identified following the fieldworks were pointed out. The defense structures discussed in this study and located in the Catalca Region are the products of three different periods and are rare examples that reflect the evolution of defense structures in the historical process. These structures, which reveal the geopolitical importance of the Catalca Region, form the defense lines extending from the Black Sea to the Marmara Sea in the north-south direction. These defense structures, which took an active role to defend Istanbul during the period they were built, face the danger of extinction today due to various protection problems. Considering the number and type of historical defense structures in the region, the importance of the Catalca Region in terms of our defense history is understood. However, the fact that most of the historical defense structures in the region have not been legally protected and comprehensive conservation works have not been carried out for these structures, shows that the awareness about the military architectural heritage is not at the desired level. In this context, it is aimed to bring the historical and architectural values of these defense structures to light and to raise awareness on the issue by drawing attention to conservation problems. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.29135/std.834017 | |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 433 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1300-5707 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2636-8064 | |
| dc.identifier.issue | 1 | |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 391 | |
| dc.identifier.trdizinid | 460959 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.29135/std.834017 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/460959 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14669/2741 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 30 | |
| dc.identifier.wos | WOS:000654071300015 | |
| dc.identifier.wosquality | N/A | |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | Web of Science | |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | TR-Dizin | |
| dc.language.iso | tr | |
| dc.publisher | E.U. Printing And Publishing House | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Sanat Tarihi Dergisi-Journal of Art History | |
| dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.snmz | KA_20241211 | |
| dc.subject | Military Architecture | |
| dc.subject | Defense Structure | |
| dc.subject | Line of Defense | |
| dc.subject | Architectural Heritage | |
| dc.subject | Conservation | |
| dc.subject | Catalca | |
| dc.title | AN EVALUATION ON DEFENSE STRUCTURES IN CATALCA REGION | |
| dc.type | Article |
