Historical evolution of courtyards

Science code : Architecture Adviser : Prof.Dr.Gönül TANKUT Student's name: Aysun ÖZKÖSE Program ; Ph.D. Issue & Date : Ankara 1995 Page number ; 308 HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF COURTYARDS ABSTRACT Courtyards, because of their importance with relation to functional, psychological, socio political, socio-culturai and pnuosopl deal/belief systems; have been used in. private, scmi-private/public and public areas and buildings by almost every social group, since the first civilizations m history. Whale studying the evolution of courtyards, it is aimed at revealing their physical characteristics and analyzing the socio-eulfurai dimensions which affect the design of courtyards; thus, obtaining data for the future planning processes. A wide.literature survey is made with this purpose, starting with the early periods of history: »ft Anatolia and elsewhere, and the societies that used courtyards have been iuCns.ui.cu. rtiiıUjf uçtu î5iuuic» Keyword: Avlulu ev = Courtyard house ; Tarihsel gelişim = Historical development