Information Package / Course Catalogue
Anatolian Architects and Great Buildings
Course Code: SAT359
Course Type: Non Departmental Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

Aim of the course is to analyze and define the great buildings of art and architectural history of Anatolia, that was built by different cultures from prehistoric times to present, in relation with socio-cultural context and their architects and evaluate their values and conservation problems.

Course Content

The course includes analysis and definition of the great buildings of art and architectural history in Anatolia such as the sanctuary area at Göbeklitepe, Hagia Sophia, Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği, Selimiye Mosque and Complex in relation with socio-cultural context and their architects and evaluation of values and conservation problems of great buildings.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Gökçe ŞİMŞEK
Learning Outcomes
1.Having knowledge on architects and architectural and structural characteristics of their great buildings at Anatolia.
2.Ability to analyze and evaluate architectural, historical, technical and artistic characteristics of great buildings.
3.Ability to evaluate regional, historical and architectural differences of the great buildings at Anatolia.
4.Ability to evaluate the values and conservation problems of the great buildings at Anatolia.
5.Having knowledge on socio-cultural environment of the time of the great buildings of art and architectural history of Anatolia.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.AKURGAL, Ekrem, Anadolu Uygarlıkları, Phoenix Yayınevi, Ankara, 2014.
2.DİRİMTEKİN, Feridun, Resimli Ayasofya Kılavuzu, İstanbul, 1956.
3.EMERSON, William, “The Collapse of the First Dome”, Archeology, IV, 1951, s. 94-103.
4.EYİCE, Semavi, Ayasofya, İstanbul, 1984.
5.KUBAN, Doğan, Sinan's Art and Selimiye, İstanbul, 1997.
6.KURAN, Aptullah, Mimar Sinan, İstanbul, 1986.
7.KURAN, Aptullah, Sinan: The Grand Old Master of Ottoman Architecture, Ada Press Publishers, 1987.
8.NECİPOĞLU, Gülru, The Age of Sinan, Princeton University Press, 2005.
9.SCHMIDT, Klaus, Göbekli Tepe En Eski Tapınağı Yapanlar, İstanbul Arkeoloji ve Sanat Yayınları, 2007.
10.STERNBERG, Robert, J., Handbook of Creativitiy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to course.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Introduction to Anatolian Culture History.
Week 3 - Theoretical
The world’s first temple? Göbeklitepe and its creators.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Neolithic revolution: Çatalhöyük and its creators.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Hittites and its Capital, Hattusa.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Hermogenes and creativity in Hellenistic Period.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Architecture and engineering in Roma Period and Ephesus.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Byzantine Architecture and Hagia Sophia.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Architecture in the time of Anatolian Seljuks, silk road and great mosque and hospital at Divriği.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Bursa, The first capital of Ottoman Empire: Khans and Sultan’s Complexes.
Week 11 - Theoretical
The Architect Sinan and his works.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Architecture in the time of the Westernization Period and Balyan Family buildings.
Week 13 - Theoretical
First National Architectural Movement and Architect Kemalettin.
Week 14 - Theoretical
First National Architectural Movement and Architect Kemalettin.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Reading100110
Individual Work5015
Midterm Examination1718
Final Examination19110
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)75
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2026