Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
4th International Civil Engineering & Architecture Conference (ICEARC'25), Trabzon, Türkiye, 17 - 19 Mayıs 2025, ss.819-831, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
Wooden masonry mosques in Turkey, especially in the Black Sea Region, are under the threat of extinction due to reasons such as the disappearance/degradation of wood, inadequacy of construction artisans, and natural disasters. It is also possible to see examples of mosques built with this technique in geographies close to the Black Sea Region. Georgia, whose mosque architecture was shaped by the adoption of Islam during the Ottoman period, and the rural architecture of Trabzon in the Eastern Black Sea Region are two prominent regions with wooden mosques with unique values. Especially in Georgia and the Black Sea Region, centuries of cultural exchange and architectural and artistic style interaction have led to the emergence of similarities and differences in the mosque architecture of the regions (plan schemes, materials, construction techniques, etc.). In this study, the primary mosque structures built with the wooden masonry technique in the Adjara Region of Georgia and Trabzon countryside were evaluated in terms of the construction system, material properties, and plan schemes by analyzing the qualitative data obtained as a result of literature reviews. The similarities and differences of the mosques selected within the scope of the study have been examined, and their comparative analyses have been made by analyzing them vectorially. Although some architectural solutions in close geographies are similar to each other, cultural and regional differences and the necessity of building appropriate to the region have increased the architectural diversity of both regions.