Safranbolu Çeşmeleri Üzerine Tipolojik Bir Yaklaşım

Without any doubt, usage of water is highly important for cities. New settled areas abounding in water have founded through the ages. Water constructions have also identified by the forms which were designed from spring to phase of usage. Among, the fountains are noteworthy as types of water constructions, not only by the situations they have in the system of Ottoman city, but also by being a structure type that is achieved by easement in society, in traditional life. Safranbolu, which has developed socio-economically in the Ottoman period, especially in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, has accomplished its original urban configuration correspondingly. Water constructions are important groups in urban elements, in this configuration by which traditional urban sturucture becomes noteworthy. Wealth of water supply has brought diversity of water constructions. Density of fountain structures are noteworthy in this diversity, Besides, density of the fountains must also be associated with effectiveness of economically porweful urban population in the period. Because, one of the construction types that is made to get good deed after death (sadaka-i cariye) is fountain. Some studies was made on fountains that were constructed in historical urban structure, in Bağlar, Kıranköy and Çarşı regions, but they were not evaluated in aspect of typology. In this studies, main and subgroups was constituted with 40 samples selected in 108 fountains that have registry. The fountains stand out with density in urban structure were evaluated in aspect of the features of mass and frontage styles systematically, and a typologic approach in which examples were also presented.