Contemporary Urban Affairs 2018, Volume 2, Number 3, pages 146– 152 Evaluation of Çanakkale Kilitbahir Castle in the Context of Refunctioning * M.A. KUBRA DUYAR 1, Dr. YASEMIN KUCUKGOK 2, Mrs. FATMA MELTEM DUMAN AKYILDIZ 3 1 , 2 & 3 Faculty of Architecture, İstanbul Aydın University, İstanbul, Turkey E mail: [email protected] , E mail: [email protected] E mail: [email protected] A R T I C L E I N F O: A B S T R A C T Article history: The Dardanelles Strait functions as a bridge between Biga and Gelibolu Received 15 July 2018 peninsulas, connecting the Aegean Sea and Marmara Sea. Many defenses Accepted 23 September 2018 have been built on the Dardanelles Strait, which have hosted many Available online 13 October 2018 civilizations from the past to the present day, in line with the needs of the time. Kilitbahir Castle, which has a three-leaf clover plan and is located on a slope Keywords: rising on the Gallipoli peninsula in the narrowest part of the Bosphorus after Kilitbahir Castle; the conquest of Istanbul by Mehmet the Conqueror; manifests itself as a Refunctioning; pioneering structure of the military architecture of the era with the developing Defense structure; Museum. artillery technology. The castle consists of a heart-shaped seven-storey inner tower in the core, the inner tower in the form of a three-leaf clover and the outer walls surrounding it. The architectural assembly of the castle is among the most aesthetic and unique among the Ottoman Castles. In terms of protecting the physical environment, it is observed that the defensive buildings which survived up to today are not adequately protected, losing their historical and architectural values. In this context, the restoration of This work is licensed under a Kilitbahir Castle dating back to Ottoman Period defense structures on the Creative Commons Attribution Dardanelles Strait was evaluated. Its phases throughout the process along - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 4.0. "CC-BY-NC-ND" with the current location and architecture were evaluated by using written and visual resources. European Archives, BNF Archives, Topkapı Palace Archives and Istanbul University Archives were utilized for reaching the castle engravings. In accordance with the information obtained in the historical research process, the exhibition arrangement and environment planning project of the structure, which serves as a museum, were prepared. CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2018), 2(3), 146-152. https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2018.4729 www.ijcua.com Copyright © 2018 Contemporary Urban Affairs. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction structures from the past to the present day are One of the most important actions of human one of the important elements forming the existence is the concept of protection and urban texture. The castle buildings were built defense. These actions led to the emergence *Corresponding Author: of defense structures. They needed to be Faculty of Architecture, İstanbul Aydın University, İstanbul, protected in order to prevent any attack from Turkey. E-mail address: [email protected] the opposite side and created defenses that they could protect themselves with. Defense JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS, 2(3), 146-152 / 2018 along the periphery of the cities, on the islands Figure 01: Map of 18th Century Dardanelles Strait, National near the straits or on the sea shore and near Library of France, Map and Planning Department, GE C- 4074. the shore. In this process, the strategic location It was built by Mehmet the Conqueror after the of the city and topography also played an conquest of Istanbul in order to keep the important role. In this context, the castles Bosphorus under control between 1461-1462. consist of circular, hexagonal or polygonal Having a three-leaf clover plan and located on masses of bastions, or in a regular geometric a slope rising on the Gallipoli peninsula in the form, bound together according to the narrowest part of the Bosphorus, Kilitbahir topography of the city. When it comes to Castle manifests itself as a pioneering structure defense in the Turkish and Islamic cities, the of the military architecture of the era, buildings made up of sections such as Inner integrated with the developing artillery castle, Outer castle, Şehristan and Rabat come technology. to mind. The inner castle is the main center of The castle consists of a heart-shaped seven- the defense of the area surrounded by the storey inner tower in the core, the inner tower in ramparts on the highest slope of the city, the the form of a three-leaf clover and the outer area where the ruler or commander resides. It is walls surrounding it. The sea-side part of the the core point of the city. Outer castle arc-shaped outer walls did not survive. There surrounds the city. Şehristan is a region in the are ten bastions on the outer walls. Two of the city with trade, religion, public and residential bastions are circular, four are triangular and areas. Rabat is the area where there are trade four are square. There are three gates on the functions and structures that develop around outer walls, two on the land and one on the the fortress doors outside the fortifications. sea side. The inner castle form of a clover plan Kilitbahir Castle, which was ordered to be built formed by the joining of three circular shaped by Fatih Sultan Mehmed in the Ottoman Period walls. The courtyards inside the walls are with its own scheme, is located at the separated by a door. It was aimed to separate narrowest part of the Dardanelles Strait, directly the courtyards from each other by closing the opposite of the Castle Fortress to control the doors at the time of the attack. The inner castle sea passage at Rumeli Side. Tursun Bey, one of has two gates, one at the sea and one at the the historians of the period, wrote that two land side. Inside the clover-shaped inner castle castles facing each other were built in the walls are seven-story inner towers reflecting the narrowest part of the Bosphorus (called same geometry. The inner tower is connected Eceovasi) after the conquest of Istanbul, that to the inner castle walls with arches separating one of them was named Kilîdü'l-bahr and the the courtyards. other was named Sultaniye and these castles were equipped with artilleries. (1) 2. Literature Review 2.1. Kilitbahir Castle Location and History Kilitbahir Castle is located on the Dardanelles Strait, which connects the Marmara Sea and Aegean Sea, at the edge of Malaz Hill where two opposite shores get closest with each other. Figure 02: Gravure 01. Sr Berquin's Kilitbahir Castle Plan; National Library of France, Map and Planning Department, GE SH 18 PF 98 DIV 5 P 2 Evliya Çelebi talks about Kilitbahir Castle, which he saw in 1659, a neighborhood of tiled houses and a mosque that he named Hünkar Mosque. Furthermore, after saying that there are wheat warehouses and arsenals here, he states that there are no inns, baths and bazaars, and some artillery shells from Mora and other shells Kübra Duyar, Yasemin Küçükgök, Fatma Meltem Duman Akyıldız 147 JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS, 2(3), 146-152 / 2018 completed when the Namazgah Redoubt was rebuilt between 1893-1894. In the works carried out on this date, the door and the wall located on the sea shore in the east direction of the castle, the wall, the shrine, the headquarters building and the door were added to the south side of the bay, surrounding Namazgah Redoubt. The wall of the inner castle in the sea direction and the port gate were destroyed during this period. Namazgah Redoubt, walls and castle gates were added to the Kilitbahir Castle during the reign of Abdülhamit II, finalizing the shape of it. belonging to the Kanuni era are placed on the shore. Figure 03: Gravure 02: George Sandys' Gravure dated 1621 (Ministry of Culture and Tourism - Anatolian Gravure Album) According to Evliya Çelebi, Suleiman the Magnificent extended the Kilitbahir Castle by repairing it with the spoils taken from the Conquest of Rhodes and adding walls with the Kanuni Tower (Yellow Tower). The Dardanelles Figure 06: Gravure 04: Gravure of Kilitbahir Castle and Strait, Kilitbahir and Laimenlik Castles, where Namazgah Redoubt dated 1853 titled "L'Illustration: Journal George Sandys visited and engraved during his universel". Egypt trip in 1610, behind which appears Istanbul. In the travel book published by Kilitbahir Castle was depicted close to its George Sandys in 1621, titled “A relation of a present appearance. The walls in front of the journey begun An: Dom: 1610. Fovre bookes. inner castle were not drawn first in this gravure. Containing a description of the Turkish Empire, From the building traces reaching today of Egypt, of the Holy Land, of the remote parts around the inner castle, the building at the of Italy, and ilands adioyning”, the inner castle shore to the north are observed in this gravure. from the era of Mehmet the Conqueror and walls and Kanuni Tower built in the era of 3. Material and Method Suleiman the Magnificent can be observed in Kilitbahir Castle has an important place among the Kilitbahir Castle, marked as "B". the defense structures in Çanakkale the period of its construction, its strategic location, and its architecture. The fact that location of the Historical Gallipoli Peninsula is within the trip route has caused the Castle to increase the number of tourists day by day. The castle has undergone many repairs until reaching today, but it has not been able to gain a function together with its architectural texture and its surroundings and that caused it to have a structure that only exhibits its own architecture. Due to these reasons, environmental planning Figure 04: Gravure 03: Joseph Moreno's Gravure dated 1790 (Ministry of Culture and Tourism - Anatolian Gravure and exhibition were needed. Album) European Archives, BNF Archives, Topkapı Palace Archives and Istanbul University Kilitbahir gravures inside the tower, the inner Archives were utilized for the researches castle and the Kanuni Tower (Yellow Tower) conducted to draw the project. In accordance and the outer walls are found in the work with the information obtained in the historical "Viage á Constantinopla, en el año de 1784 research process, the exhibition arrangement (journey to Istanbul in 1784)" prepared by José and environment planning project of the María Moreno (Joseph Moreno). structure, which serves as "Ottoman Castle The last architectural formation of Kilitbahir Museum", were prepared. Castle reached to the day-time was 3.1. Sampling Area Kübra Duyar, Yasemin Küçükgök, Fatma Meltem Duman Akyıldız 148 JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS, 2(3), 146-152 / 2018 The castle is situated on a slope in the narrowest part of the Dardanelles Strait. It is located opposite the Çimenlik Castle on the 3.2. Method strait, which was built during the same period. European Archives, BNF Archives, Topkapı Palace Archives and Istanbul University Archives were utilized for reaching the castle engravings in the historical researches conducted during the refunctioning process of Kilitbahir Castle. In accordance with the information obtained, it is envisaged that the castle museum function will be re-functioned together with a script describing Castle Life in the Era of Mehmet the Conqueror. Figure 07: Kilitbahir Castle, 40.15 ° N, 26.38 ° E coordinates 4. Refunctioning the Kilitbahir Castle In the entrance to the castle, the circulation is The refunctioning of Kilitbahir Castle considered planned as two separate tours, short and long. altogether with the inner tower built during the Short Tour: reign of Mehmed the Conqueror, the Yellow o Yellow Tower / General Museum Tower built by Suleiman the Magnificent, the Presentation, o Demo Museum / Disabled, Old, Sick, Tired Visitors, o Amphitheater / Greeting and Museum Activity Area, Figure 09: Kilitbahir Castle Site Plan-Short Tour Route, K. Duyar. Long Tour: o Yellow Tower / General Museum Presentation, o Demo Museum / Disabled, Old, Sick, Tired Visitors, o Amphitheater / Greeting and Museum Activity Area, o Piri Reis Section, o Multivision Section, o Temporary Exhibition Section, o Tower Museum Late Period Courtyard and the additions made 2 separate tours as specified above were in Abdülhamit Era. offered where visitors would be able to visit the Figure 08: Era of the Conqueror (Inner Tower) - Era of outdoor and exhibition spaces without leaving Suleiman the Magnificent (Yellow Tower, Late Period the script, to easily participate in museum Courtyard) - Era of Abdülhamit (Military Factory, Shrine), K. activities along the route, and to avoid Duyar. unrestrained travels within the area. Kübra Duyar, Yasemin Küçükgök, Fatma Meltem Duman Akyıldız 149 JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS, 2(3), 146-152 / 2018 In the Yellow Tower, in addition to interactive presentations within a thematic order about the general presentation of Ottoman monuments, architectural structures, castle structure, castle equipment, organizational structure, commercial life effects and defense strategies, the subject is depicted with niche transparent projection curtains and impersonations on the subject. 4.3. Demo Museum The physical conditions and historical texture of the Tower Museum and the Yellow Tower, two Photo 10: Kilitbahir Castle Site Plan-Long Tour Route, K. of the most important places of the exhibition Duyar. arrangement project, make it impossible for the handicapped, elderly, sick and young children 4.1. Entrance Area (Parking Lot, Museum to easily complete the sightseeing tour. Since it Entrance, Ticket Sales) will not be possible to remove the negative By taking the visitor from a single point with "1C consequences of the physical obstacles at all Entrance" close to the car park area and in line times in the registered structures, Demo with the exhibition arrangement scenario; 2 Museum will be prepared in order to present separate tours, Long Tour and Short Tour, were the exhibited works and the scenario to the offered where visitors would be able to visit the disabled visitors who cannot visit the museum. outdoor and exhibition spaces without leaving The demo museum features virtual tour, the script, to easily participate in museum diaroma and touchscreen table. One of the activities along the route, and to avoid most important elements of the Demo Museum unrestrained travels within the area. is the capability of the visitors whose health and physical condition do not allow them to tour 4.2. Yellow Tower the museum to see the museum and its The Yellow Tower is the first place of the trip surroundings in a virtual environment with virtual route. For this reason, the exhibition project is headings and in 360 degrees while sitting. The planned as the "General Presentation Area of visitors will be informed with the embossed the Ottoman Calendars", which is important for writings on the walls for the visually the visitor's perception of the museum concept handicapped visitors and they will be able to and scenario in a complete and accurate touch and examine the identical replica of way. In this place, a brief introduction of the several works to be exhibited in the museum. visit is offered in a thematic order about the Demo Museum is prepared to serve visitors who general presentation of Ottoman monuments, have to leave without seeing the building architectural structures, castle structure, castle which is kept closed due to restoration and equipment, organizational structure, repair. Demo Museum is especially important commercial life effects and defense strategies. as it is a first-time application that will be carried out for the museums that are compulsory kept closed. 4.4. Museum Management / Administration When scrutinized in a museological perspective, it is vitally important to have a control over the museum area and to be accessible all the time for an effective museum management. Therefore, the "Museum Management / Administration" structure is positioned in front of the walls at the entrance of the area to ensure museum visitors and visitors coming for any business easily and conveniently reach the management unit and Photo 11: Yellow Tower Plan, K. Duyar. that the security of the area can be Kübra Duyar, Yasemin Küçükgök, Fatma Meltem Duman Akyıldız 150 JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS, 2(3), 146-152 / 2018 maintained quickly and efficiently in emergency or routine controls. 4.5. Piri Reis Section Right next to the tower inside the castle is the exhibition of Piri Reis's life and its most important work, Kitab-ı Bahriye and world map, according to modern museology. In the section, the 3D silicon sculpture animation area, the video display area, the same edition of the original of the Kitab-ı Bahriye as well as the Turkish version, the exhibition of astrolabe, compass and divider reproductions and the map installation showing the similarities between the world map of Piri Reis and today's Figure 13: Multivision-Temporary Exhibition Area Plan, K. Duyar. world map that utilizes the enhanced reality software. 4.7. Tower Museum In the scope of the exhibition arrangement project of the 6-storey tower structure which is functioned as a Tower Museum, life in Kilitbahir Castle is explained. In the ground floor, the space is divided to three different eras since the construction of the Castle, namely Era of Mehmet the Conqueror, Era of Suleiman the Magnificent and Era of Abdülhamit. Defense, catering, commerce and worship are depicted in Floors 1, 2, 3 and 4. On the 5th floor, it is stipulated to exhibit the works that were excavated during the excavation in the Castle. Photo 12: Piri Reis Section Plan, K. Duyar. 5. Conclusion Kilitbahir Castle is a very important place in 4.6. Multivision (Bath Structure) and Temporary terms of architecture and art history among the Exhibition Area castles in the Era of Mehmed the Conqueror. The "Multivision Section" located in the bath Having a planned structure of a three-leafed structure of the project has been used as a clover, the castle consists of a seven-storey Temporary Exhibition Area on special days as inner tower in the core, the inner tower in the well as the stated function. Our greatest goal form of a three-leaf clover and the outer walls should be to bring our renewed and surrounding it. The architectural assembly of the developing museums to international museum castle is among the most aesthetic and unique standards with the understanding of among the Ottoman Castles. 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