Safranbolu in the scope of folk architecture

In this study, the structures in Safranbolu are evaluated around the concept of folk architecture. In the study, besides the current, the effects of traces of past lives, needs, traditions on the formation of architectural structures are also discussed. The ways in which architectural structures and people affect each other and their contribution to each other are examined. Bazaar, Kıranköy, Bağlar and Yörükköyü, which are historical areas in the district center of Safranbolu, have also been identified as study areas. Safranbolular, who lives in Bağlar in the Bazaar in the winter, has built his houses according to this lifestyle by adopting the summer-winter lifestyle. Safranbolu is an important city that has hosted many civilizations throughout history and is on the trade route. Today, 18th and 19th century Ottoman city is one of the historical tourism cities with characteristics. Architectural protectionism city one of the first examples in Turkey, in 1994 UNESCO "World Heritage List" by entering the last point reached in protectionism. It attracts a great deal of attention in the field of tourism with its structures preserved on a city scale. Monumental works were made in the city with the contributions of the people with good economic conditions and the state officials trained there. Houses, mosques, fountains, baths, tombs, coffee houses, lodges, educational institutions, bazaar etc., which are the symbols of Safranbolu. Are the architectural structures that bear the traces of history? In the study, these structures were categorized, examined and recorded. In our study, firstly information was given in the areas of geographical features, history, socio-economic life of the city, and then information about folk architecture and Safranbolu folk architecture was given. The objective life created by the people with their own efforts is synthesized with the Safranbolu sample, and the culture of the society in question is tried to be understood.