Spatial analysis of Circassian houses in Buyuk Camurlu Village in Kahramanmaras

This research inventigating the traditional dwellings of Büyük Çamurlu Village aims to register traditional Circassian houses which constitute an important variety of cultural heritage in Anatolia. Aiming this previous research about rural architecture, materials and methods used in them, and general information about Circassian society are explored in the first three parts. In the fourth part, North Caucasia Region and cultural structure of people living in that area, migration of Circassians to Ottomon land, and historical process of settlement on those lands are explained. In the fifth part, the general information about the location of Büyük Çamurlu village which is selected as the study area is given, forms of traditional Circassian houses, contributive buildings around the houses, types of materials used in the houses and construction technics are introduced using photographs and illustrations. Furthermore plan and front elevation typlogies are tried to be constituted upon examined houses.