MÜSLÜMAN SEYYAHLARIN GÖZÜNDEN KÜTAHYA VE ÇEVRESİNDEKİ MİMARİ YAPILAR.

The present study focuses on the impressions of Şihabeddin b. Fazlullah El Ömerî, Matrakçı Nasuh, Kudbüddin Mekki, Aşık Mehmed, Kâtip Çelebi, Evliya Çelebi, Ebû Bekir B. Behrâm, Şamseddin Sâmi, Ali Cevad and Mehmed Ziya, who have visited Kütahya and its surroundings, on architectural works around this city. Kütahya has been one of the most popular places for travelers due to its location on the trading route in the Seljuk period and its being the capital of the Germiyans Principality and the Anatolian state. These journeys started in the first half of the 14th century, and occurred extensively over the 16th and 17th centuries. The aim of the present study is to obtain information about the architectural monuments of the region via architectural works of the Turkish period through travelogues. Travelogues have an important role among the written sources of ancient Anatolian geography. These works consist of observations of their authors and information obtained from local people. In addition to the inclusion of a significant amount of superficial information, travelogues also contain extensive information. The most comprehensive information take place in the Evliya Çelebi travelogues. Features related to architectural structure such as the period of its construction, the inscription, patron, current situation, materials, and decorations can be determined especially in Evliya Çelebi’s Works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]