ÇEMBERLİTAŞ

BATHHOUSE
SELEN TAMER 4902200006
 HISTORY
The bath was built and donated by Nurbanu Sultan who is II. Selim's wife and
Sultan III. Murad's mother to bring income to the Valide-i Atik Complex in Toptasi
in Üsküdar.According to Tuhfet'ul-mi'marin(Tuhfet-ul Mi'marin was probably
written by Sai Mustafa Çelebi. A form of expression transmitted directly from the
mouth of Mimar Sinan was used. It resembles a proof software that has not been
fully redacted. There is a section about Sinan's life and a section where the list of
his works is described in detail. It is preserved in a single copy in the Topkapi
Palace Library, Manuscript no: 1461/4. It has been published in full text.),the bath
is an Mimar Sinan structure.According to the inscription, the date of construction
of the bath is 992/1584. The bathhouse was built using stone and brick. Because
almost all the baths built during the Ottoman period were made with stone and
brick. In addition to the fact that the outer wall is October, the Çemberlitaş Bath
has been exposed to dozens of fires over the years. Due to the lack of adequate
infrastructure in the fight against fire, the bath has become unusable most of the
time.

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Timeline 1839 and 1876, the priorities of the people

by July 1660, a fire that
lasted for two days took
place in Fatih, and the
Çemberlitaş Bath and its
surroundings were
devastated in this fire. It is
even known that the rent of
the bathhouse was reduced
by half after the fire.
The severe earthquakes experienced in
1719, 1754 and 1766, respectively, shook
the foundations of the bathhouse and
made it unstable.
changed and the interest in the bath began to
Decelerate. Mustafa Reşit Pasha, who is an urban
planner, liked European city planning very much
Nevertheless, the bathhouse, on a European trip and wanted to move it to
which could not maintain Istanbul. Mustafa Reşit Pasha, who thus set to
its stability, was restored this work, applied the European style to Istanbul
The bathhouse witnessed a time in 1805. During the around the Çemberlitaş Bath. However, in 1865,
fire in 1782. After the fire, restoration process, the lead a fire broke out again around the bathhouse.
the bath was seriously coatings of the domes of the This time, due to the fact that the fire was not
damaged and kept closed for bathhouse and the water very serious, the restoration process took a short
service for many years. channels were restored. time and it was reopened in 1868.

1660 1667 1719 1754 1766 1768 1782 1790 1805 1829 1868 2003

The revenues of the bath
have been used for various
purposes for a long period
of time for the survival of
the Ottoman Empire. by
1667, 6% of the revenues of
the bathhouse were used for
the construction of
structures and water pipes
that were under
construction.
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due to the water shortage
experienced in 1768, the
construction of more baths
was prohibited by imperial
decree. This situation later
turned into the repair and
protection of existing baths.
Due to the misfortunes
experienced, the bath was
repaired in 1790. During the
repair work, the roof of the
bathhouse, internal roads
and waterways were
strengthened.
Çemberlitaş Bath continued
its existence until 1829
without the need for outside
help. However, after this
date, the situation was
reversed and the bath
became in need of help.
Finally, the sewer was laid to the bath, the
entrance roads were widened and the bath
was reorganized. Çemberlitaş Hamam, which
was used as a restaurant serving Anatolian
dishes until 2003, has started to be used as a
place providing massage and traditional
Turkish bath services since that date.
Nowadays, it is possible to have a traditional
Turkish bath or massage here.
 ARCHITECTURE
The Çemberlitaş Bath is planned as a double bath that is completely similar
to each other and adjacent side by side. The entrance of the men's section
is on Vezir Han Street and as a result of the rise of the road elevation over
time, the pit, which is descended by ten steps today, is an entrance. There is
a eave over the entrance. There is a six-verse inscription on the entrance
door, decorated with romanis, prepared in three rows. The entrance to the
women's section should be by the Sultan Mahmut Tomb on Divanyolu
Street. Today, women also use the men's entrance and are separated into
their own sections by a newly opened side door from the inside. The facade
of the dressing room of the women's section was slightly cut off during the
Divanyolu Street expansion works (1868).
The cut-out part is closed by a wall with rectangular
windows at the bottom and star-shaped windows at
the top. The dressing areas of the men's and women's
sections are covered with a large dome, the passage
of which is provided with corner trumpets.

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There are three floors of changing rooms around it. There are
luminous lanterns in both domes. Today, only the luminous
lantern of the women's section is in original condition. Its
luminous lantern, covered with a dome carried by arches
resting on slender columns, is elegantly decorated. Today, the
cold section of the men's section(the first section they enter is
the changing room, the sides of which are in the form of a
square of 13 m each and the top is covered with a dome with a
diameter of 13 m) is a calm and relaxing place to relax or wait
after washing. Again, from both parts, the warmness covered
with three domes is passed. Next to them there are halas
made in a way that overflows out of the mass of buildings. In
the warm season, the temperature section is accessed through
a wooden door entered from under the middle dome. These
spaces, which are square on the outside, have been
transformed into a twelve-pointed polygon on the inside with a
ring of columns consisting of twelve columns all around.

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ARCHITECTURE
Domed halvet cells have been placed with great skill in the four corners
remaining between the Declivity and the outer square. Four sofas have also
been created between the halvets.Dec. The temperature is entered from
one of these sofas. Temperature (Temperature consists of a main space
with a diameter of 12.5 m and 12 sides and four secondary chambers.)the
large dome covering the section is carried by pointed arches on columns
with baklava. The halvet cells in the corners are separated from the main
space by marble networks and the top of these networks is tulip-shaped.
There is an inscription on each side and front of the networks, and the
halvete is entered by an arched door on the front side. Couplets are
embroidered on them. its triangular pediments are decorated with buds.
The bath has a total of 38 kurnas. There is a large belly stone with many
faces under the dome. The temperature sections are illuminated by small
holes in their domes. The holes are closed with glass fans. In addition to
these architectural elements, the rich appearance of the bath is also
enhanced by a geometric ornament on the temperature floor. The
illumination in the inlay technique obtained by placing stones of various
colors on the marble floor has no other analogue this rich. White-red buds
are lined up at the ends of a twelve-edged frame of green stones. On the
inner side of the frame, a black-and-white series of buds borders the middle
section all around. In this common part, an ornament consisting of six-
7 pointed stars intertwined in a black intricate network motif is seen.
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