A “Solitary” Narrative in Context of Cultural and Spatial Identity: Kayaköy

Gürol Yamak; Ürün Biçer

Article Details

A “Solitary” Narrative in Context of Cultural and Spatial Identity: Kayaköy

Authors:

Gürol Yamak | Ürün Biçer

Publisher:

Ahmet FİDAN

Main Topics:

Kentsel Politika | Kent ve Bölge Planlama

Journal:

Kent Akademisi Vol.16 Issue 1, pp.88-105

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001283823

pISSN:

2146-9229

Keywords:

Abstract:

 Anatolian geography has hosted many civilizations which have been able to carry their beliefs, languages, customs and traditions, lifestyles and traces as original pieces in the multicultural mosaic of Anatolia. These ancient values, which have been transferred to the present day as cultural heritage, constitute the life codes of the societies that make them up. On the other hand, as the smallest part of society, man, who had to leave the space that he had created, shaped and kept alive with his own hands in one way or another from ancient times to the present, followed the traces of the society to which he most belonged, searched for its essence and questioned his belonging. In this context, while the study seeks to find the spatial identity infrastructure, which includes the life codes of the Anatolian geography, in the social lives of societies, also aims to question the problem of belonging in context of the forced migration which is one of the most dramatic events in history that displaces societies in the process of nationization and detaches people from their space, to be able to read the place through the cultural accumulation and transfer of exchanged lives, to find the lost in the dimension of culture-space-time. There is no doubt that Kayaköy, which was chosen as the study area for this purpose deserves this attention with its experience of the forced migration in all its reality and nakedness, history, culture, unique architectural style and texture, locality, sustainability of the local, testimony of the period in question, abandonment and finally the accounts made on it by powers from different segments.

 Anatolian geography has hosted many civilizations which have been able to carry their beliefs, languages, customs and traditions, lifestyles and traces as original pieces in the multicultural mosaic of Anatolia. These ancient values, which have been transferred to the present day as cultural heritage, constitute the life codes of the societies that make them up. On the other hand, as the smallest part of society, man, who had to leave the space that he had created, shaped and kept alive with his own hands in one way or another from ancient times to the present, followed the traces of the society to which he most belonged, searched for its essence and questioned his belonging. In this context, while the study seeks to find the spatial identity infrastructure, which includes the life codes of the Anatolian geography, in the social lives of societies, also aims to question the problem of belonging in context of the forced migration which is one of the most dramatic events in history that displaces societies in the process of nationization and detaches people from their space, to be able to read the place through the cultural accumulation and transfer of exchanged lives, to find the lost in the dimension of culture-space-time. There is no doubt that Kayaköy, which was chosen as the study area for this purpose deserves this attention with its experience of the forced migration in all its reality and nakedness, history, culture, unique architectural style and texture, locality, sustainability of the local, testimony of the period in question, abandonment and finally the accounts made on it by powers from different segments.

 Anatolian geography has hosted many civilizations which have been able to carry their beliefs, languages, customs and traditions, lifestyles and traces as original pieces in the multicultural mosaic of Anatolia. These ancient values, which have been transferred to the present day as cultural heritage, constitute the life codes of the societies that make them up. On the other hand, as the smallest part of society, man, who had to leave the space that he had created, shaped and kept alive with his own hands in one way or another from ancient times to the present, followed the traces of the society to which he most belonged, searched for its essence and questioned his belonging. In this context, while the study seeks to find the spatial identity infrastructure, which includes the life codes of the Anatolian geography, in the social lives of societies, also aims to question the problem of belonging in context of the forced migration which is one of the most dramatic events in history that displaces societies in the process of nationization and detaches people from their space, to be able to read the place through the cultural accumulation and transfer of exchanged lives, to find the lost in the dimension of culture-space-time. There is no doubt that Kayaköy, which was chosen as the study area for this purpose deserves this attention with its experience of the forced migration in all its reality and nakedness, history, culture, unique architectural style and texture, locality, sustainability of the local, testimony of the period in question, abandonment and finally the accounts made on it by powers from different segments.

 Anadolu coğrafyası, inanışları, dilleri, gelenek ve görenekleri, yaşayış biçimleri ile izlerini Anadolunun çok kültürlü mozaiğinde özgün birer parça olarak günümüze kadar taşıyabilmiş olan pek çok uygarlığa ev sahipliği yapmıştır. Kültürel miras olarak günümüze aktarılan bu kadim değerler, onları oluşturan toplumların yaşam kodlarını oluşturmaktadır. Öte yandan, toplumun en küçük parçası olarak, ilkçağlardan günümüze, şu veya bu şekilde kendi elleriyle yarattığı, biçimlendirip yaşattığı mekanı bırakmak zorunda kalan insan ise, içsel yolculuğunda en çok ait olduğu toplumun izlerini sürmüş, özünü aramış, aidiyetini sorgulamıştır. Bu bağlamda, çalışma, bir yönüyle Anadolu coğrafyasının yaşam kodlarını da içerisinde barındıran mekânsal kimlik alt yapısını toplumların sosyal yaşamlarında arayıp bulma çabası taşırken, diğer yönüyle de aidiyet sorunsalını, uluslaşma sürecinde toplumları yerlerinden eden, insanları mekanından koparan, tarihin en dramatik olaylarından mübadele üzerinden sorgulayabilmeyi, mekanı mübadil yaşamların kültürel birikim ve aktarımları üzerinden okuyabilmeyi, yitirileni kültür-mekan-zaman boyutunda bulabilmeyi hedeflemektedir. Hiç kuşku yok ki, bu amaç doğrultusunda çalışma alanı olarak seçilen Kayaköy, mübadeleyi tüm gerçek ve çıplaklığıyla yaşamışlığı, tarihi, kültürü, kendine özgü mimari üslup ve dokusu, yerelliği, yerelin sürdürülebilirliği, söz konusu döneme dair tanıklığı, terk edilmişliği ve nihayet farklı kesimlerden erklerce üzerine yapılagelmiş onlarca hesabı ile bu ilgiyi fazlasıyla hak etmektedir.

Article Details

A “Solitary” Narrative in Context of Cultural and Spatial Identity: Kayaköy

Authors:

Gürol Yamak | Ürün Biçer

Publisher:

Ahmet FİDAN

Main Topics:

Kentsel Politika | Kent ve Bölge Planlama

Journal:

Kent Akademisi Vol.16 Issue 1, pp.88-105

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001283823

pISSN:

2146-9229

Cultural Heritage

Spatial Identity

Traditional Architecture

Forced Migration

Kayaköy

Kayaköy

Kültürel Miras

Mekânsal Kimlik

Geleneksel Mimari

Mübadele

Issues

Article Details

Authors: Gürol Yamak | Ürün Biçer

Publisher: Ahmet FİDAN

Main Topics: Kentsel Politika | Kent ve Bölge Planlama

Journal: Kent Akademisi Vol.16 Issue 1, pp.88-105

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 3/2023

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001283823

pISSN: 2146-9229

Issues

Authors:

Gürol Yamak | Ürün Biçer

Publisher:

Ahmet FİDAN

Main Topics:

Kentsel Politika | Kent ve Bölge Planlama

Journal:

Kent Akademisi Vol.16 Issue 1, pp.88-105

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

3/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001283823

pISSN:

2146-9229