Stylistic unity of the decorative features of the two pasha mosques (Amasya Merzifon Abide Hatun mosque and Tokat Erbaa Silahtar Ömer Pasha mosque)

Anatolia, which has hosted various civilizations throughout its history, has a rich cultural heritage. Under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, a large number of architectural monuments were built on these lands for religious, civil, military purposes. Most of these works are the structures built by the pashas who took part in important tasks of the state. The most common among them is the mosque architecture. The provinces of Amasya and Tokat, which were one of the important routes during the Ottoman Empire and were located in the Central Black Sea region, are one of the important centers where Anatolian culture and art developed. Erbaa/Silahtar Ömer Pasha Mosque and Merzifon/Abide Hatun Mosque, which are 106 km away from each other, are examples of the 17th century wooden ceilings and wooden supports in Anatolia, where the art of paiting decorating on wood is applied. The body walls of the rectangular mosques built on the sloping land are made with brick and stone wall technique on the outside and plastered on the inside. The upper cover of the ceiling covering the mosques is a hipped roof on the outside and wood on the inside. The part where the ceiling beams are located in both structures has been raised, giving the space a spacious appearance. Panting decorating are located in structures, on the surfaces of ceiling beams, between supports, on wooden poles and on arch surfaces. Red, orange, blue, green, yellow, white colors were used in decorations. The similarity seen in the layout of the mosques themselves is of interest and the pattern features of the structures in Anatolia are an important visual source about the period in which they were built. 17th the second half of the century and early examples constructed from common in the classical period, rumi and stylized flowers, as well as a naturalist, tulips, roses, carnations flowers such as hyacinths and it is seen that began to be used for. In this study, the stylistic decorations of the Silahtar Ömer Pasha Mosque (17th century) and Abide Hatun Mosque (1680) in Erbaa and Merzifon districts are examined. As a result of the studies, the similarities in the history, proximity to the region and decoration patterns have shown that the Silahtar Ömer Pasha Mosque and the Abide Hatun Mosque have the same stylistic unity.