Examination of wooden doors belonging to traditional Mardin houses in terms of their materials and construction techniques

This study aims to explore the architectural facets of traditional Mardin houses in Turkey, focusing on their materials, size, construction techniques, metal complementary elements and ornamental features. In this framework, the characteristic qualities of 10 courtyard doors, 10 entrance doors and 17 room doors of 27 traditional houses in the city center of Mardin were identified through a systematic observation and the use of an inventory form. As a result, this research finds out that most of the traditional Mardin houses now have doors in line with modern production technologies rather than their original ones, that the remaining original doors were mostly made of walnut and ?rarely- mulberry wood, and that all the three types of the doors possess the nailing technique in terms of their construction, as well as similar knockers and locks.