Midyat Yezidi Köylerinde Kirsal Mimarlik: Renkleri Solan Bir Halkin Kültürel Mirasi ve Değişen Toplumsal Feraset
Rural Architecture in Midyat Yezidi Village(s): Cultural Heritage of a Community the Color of Which Tends to Fade Away and Changing Societal Perception

Summary/Abstract: The Mesopotamian region where the oldest believes, great religions and cultures meet and merge is hosting today The religious believes, rural architectures and cultures of Yezidis, One of the oldest communities in it. Being eccentric in the region, this community bears the belonging of an integrated culture throughout their religious believes, myths, forms of prayers, traditions, traditional dwelling textures and rural life styles. In Mardin-Midyat Yezidi villages [Guven (Bacin), Oyuklu (Taka), Yenice (Harabya), çayirli (Kefnas)] having a different socio cultural identity, The traditional dwellings created by a common opinion spreading to lifestyles depending on religious believes is/are an integral part of rural architecture values nowadays. Having been the niche of varied civilizations and cultures, Midyat has a multicolored architectural value treasure with its multi cultural values, lifestyles and spatial formations of these two. This study aims at setting forth the fate of the villages, which have the Rural architecture examples of Midyat Yezidis Who have to abandon the villages in a fear ambient created by communal disintegration, terror, violence and having a different belonging having arisen within the last 15 to 20 years in the region.

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