Appropriation and Authenticity: The case of Transforming Churches into Mosques in Ayvalık

Authors

  • Yasemin Ince Guney Balikesir University Faculty of Architecture Department of Architecture

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15320/ICONARP.2016.8

Keywords:

Appropriation, authenticity, Ayvalık mosques, re-use

Abstract

A special case of transforming churches into mosques was practiced after the population exchange agreement signed on 1923 between Greece and Turkey, which forced thousands of Greeks and Turks to migrate. The churches in Ayvalık, turned into mosques by incoming Turkish migrates, are representatives of this last practice. This paper discusses the concepts of appropriation and authenticity via examining the changes introduced in the form of alterations, additions and removal during the transformation of Ayvalık churches into mosques. This discussion is contextualized within the broader issue of appropriating past buildings and it has been argued that understanding of authenticity cannot be limited to the original meaning when the building was first designed and appropriated meaning can be as authentic as the original meaning.

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Author Biography

Yasemin Ince Guney, Balikesir University Faculty of Architecture Department of Architecture

Yasemin Ince Guney received Bachelors in Architecture (1992) and M.Sc. in Environment Behaviour Studies (1996) degrees from METU-Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey; M.Sc. in Architectural History (1998) from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, and PhD. in Architecture (2005) from University of Michigan, USA. Her doctoral dissertation is the recipient of 2005-2006 Architectural Research Centers Consortium King Student Medal for Excellence in Architectural and Environmental Research and has been nominated for University of Michigan’s Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. Her research interests focus on Turkish domestic culture, notions of home and dwelling, issues of modernization and modernity, and spatial morphology. She has lectured at Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA (2001-2005), Eastern Mediterrenean University (2011-2012) and since 2005 has been a member of faculty at Balikesir University in Turkey. 

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27-12-2016

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Ince Guney, Y. (2016). Appropriation and Authenticity: The case of Transforming Churches into Mosques in Ayvalık. ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 4(2), 35–57. https://doi.org/10.15320/ICONARP.2016.8

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