ARŞİV BELGELERİNDE KALAN BİR ŞAHESER: RİZE HAMİDİYE CAMİİ KEBİR VE MEDRESESİ
A MASTERPIECE REMAINING IN ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS: RİZE HAMİDİYE MOSQUE KEBİR AND MADRASAH

Summary/Abstract: Rize, which has an important place in Anatolia with its geographical structure, culture and vernacular art understanding, became an Ottoman territory after 1461. Religious, civil and educational structures built in the region were shaped by the hands of local masters which showed a characteristic feature. Potamya Mosque and Madrasah (Muslim theological school) built in Güneysu (Potamya) District is one of them. According to researches, the mosque and madrasah built in 1798 became unusable over time. By 1907, it was thought that the mosque and the madrasah sould be rebuilt. However, the donations proved insufficient for the work, which was planned to be made with the help of the public, and help was requested from the sultan of the period, Sultan Abdulhamid Han. As a result, the survey book containing the names of the Treasury Minister Ohannes and Lazistan Sanjak Engineer Ferid, and the plans and drawings of the structures, was prepared and dispatched. In this survey book containing sixteen documents, it was determined that 184,344 kuruş (pennies) was required for the mosque, madrasah and their annexes. However, the mosque and the madrasah, of which plans and drawings are given in the document, could not be built because the aid was not sent. For this reason, Hamidiye Mosque Kebir and Madrasah, together with its drawings and images, has been recorded as an unfinished masterpiece of Rize. It is obvious that the mosque and madrasah to be built were planned differently from the Ottoman period works in Rize. The exterior architectural design and minaret design of the mosque and the U-plan scheme of the madrasah are similar to the capital style. When evaluated within the local architecture and established art of the region, the plans and schemes prepared for the monuments, even though they were not built, show that the building architects and artists had knowledge of the works of the capital and made efforts to follow the style of the capital. With this study, which is centered on this important situation, it is tried to underline the continuity of Ottoman art in a provincial city like Rize, which is far from the capital city, and the followup of the "local" to the "national". In addition to this information obtained by translating the relevant documents, the translation of the "Keşf-i Evvel" book prepared to be sent to the state regarding the works planned to be built during the period is also included in the article as an example for the reader.

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