INVESTIGATION OF PERIODIC ARCHITECTURAL CHANGES IN MARDIN ULU MOSQUE

known as one of the oldest mosques in Anatolia, is located in the Ulu Cami Neighborhood,

which is located in the borders of Artuqid, the central district of Mardin, in the urban protected

area where the historical texture is dense. According to the inscription in the building, it was

built between 1176-1186. Considering the mosques of the period, it has been determined that

the second of three different plan schemes created in the classification that can be made was

built with the features. In the second diagram, there is a Harim consisting of transverse naves

and a mihrab unit (dome) in the middle of the Harim. There is also a courtyard to the north of

the sanctuary. As it can be understood from its charter, the mosque, which has two minarets,

one in the east and one in the west, is an important work in terms of being an example of the

Selatin mosques with double minarets in the Ottoman period, since it is a Sultan's structure.

The city of Mardin, one of the oldest cities of Mesopotamia, which left its mark with different

names in different periods of history, contains different ethnic, cultural and religious elements.

This multinational structure of the city has caused different periodic changes and

transformations to be reflected in the spaces. Within the scope of the study, this situation is

handled through the Mardin Ulu Mosque, and the changes and transformations that have

occurred in the building from its first construction to the present are discussed through plans

and visuals. These changes have been classified periodically by making use of the restitution

and survey projects.

As a result of the research, it has been revealed that the mosque underwent different periodic

repairs and additions during the Artuqids and Akkoyunlu period. The building took its present

form in the period when the Ottomans dominated the city by staying as faithful to the original

as possible. The changes made in this period were mostly facade and mass changes that did not

lead to a change in the plan in the form of closing the porticoes and repairing the damages.

Additions such as the madrasa, fountain, toilet and imam's room built around the building show

that the mosque is not a structure on its own, but that it has turned into a social complex with

the mosque in the center and surrounded by construction. After all these changes and

transformations, the building continues to exist today and is open to worship and visit.

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