Historic Collective Shelter as Heritage: The Cases in Hurşidiye, Kurtuluş and Sakarya Neighborhoods in Konak, İzmir
Journal: Art-Sanat
Year: 2021

Historical collective shelters, yahuthanes or cortejos, are an alternative form of housing that were developed to provide secure sheltering of the groups who were disadvantaged in terms of economic, social, and cultural aspects in the Ottoman city. They have played a significant role in history as a building type that made possible cohabitation of groups, with moral and material problems, and struggling to maintain their integrity despite hardship. This study deals with a group of historical col