ÜSKÜDAR DAKİ ÇİNGENE FIRINI CAMİİ (KARAKADI CAMİİ) HAZİRESİ NDEKİ MEZAR TAŞLARI ÜZERİNE BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

In this study 26 graves, belonging to the Ottoman period and taking place in Çingene Fırını Mosque Cemetery, were documented and evaluated in terms of art history. These samples were photographed, their inscriptions being figured out and forms, decorative features, and stone types of graves were tried to be determined in the Turkish tombstone art. Each grave stone in the study was handled separately a general assessment on these stones was made. One of the stones dated to the end of XVI.century, while the remaining twenty five are dated to XVIII. and XIX. centuries. Ottoman tombstones are aesthetic, and they give important information about occupations, titles, family relations and beliefs. The tombstones of the cemetery were observed to be simple examples continueing the tradition of making the tombstones socially, economically and culturally.