Interrogation of the Islamic Influences on Physical Environment of Neighborhoods in Traditional Urban Texture of Antakya

Since its emergence in the 7th century, Islamic religion has influenced the urban texture and architectural language of many cities around the world through socio cultural and political influences it exerted on societies. This study aims to look at how Islamic city is identified by various researches in the literature and how it affected the development of Antakya city which had long lived under Islamic rule. Within this framework, a research will be carried out in various neighborhoods of Antakya composed of different religious and ethnic groups. In the second part of the study, the Islamic city and its history, the Islamic city model, the criticisms made in this model, and then the features of the Islamic city and physical characteristics of the cities are examined. Thus, certain physical characteristics of the city have been determined by developing various parameters. In the third chapter, information about the history, demographic structure and neighborhoods of Antakya, which are important for the content of the study, are included. In the light of this information, the effects of the characteristics of the Islamic city on the architectural and physical structure of these regions are examined. These features include street configurations, cul-de-sacs, courtyard houses, space organizations and their use/ functional analysis, and home and house privacy arrangements. In the fourth section, as a result of the investigations, the findings are brought together and discussed. In the last chapter, the results of the findings and discussion are put forward.