The Historic Hammams Of Bursa-Elif Şehitoğlu Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları indir

The Historic Hamams Of Bursa-Elif Şehitoğlu The aim of the bok you are about to read is to provide detailed information about the history of hamam culture in the city of Bursa, which is famous for its hot springs and hamams, and about the "public hamams" built in the Otoman period. In order to create in the minds of readers an image of the "Turkish Hamam" in al its aspects it describes the tradition of bathing in the context of history as a whole and the emergence of the hamam phenomenon, the architectural and historical characteristics of the Otoman hamam, the importance of the hamam tradition in Turkish culture and its place in social life. The bok contains a review of the present state of the hamams of Bursa and the reasons for their decline. Proposals have ben made as to how these structures could be beter integrated into modern life.