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BAYEZID
II
TURKISH
BATH
CULTURE
#MUSEUM
It
was
built
as
a
part
of
the
Bayezid
Social
Complex
commissioned
by
Sultan
Bayezid
Il
and
constructed
between
the
years
1501-1506.
It
is
also
known
as
Hamam-ı
Kebir
because
it
is
the
largest
Turkish
bath
in
Istanbul,
and
Patrona
Bath
as
it
is
the
starting
point
of
Patrona
Halil
Rebellion.
It
is
a
double
bath
which
has
both
men
and
women
sections.
The
large
domed
dressing
cabins
of
these
two
adjacent
sections
are
next
to
the
street,
but
the
high
pointed
arch
type
crown
gate
of
the
men's
section
opens
up
to
the
main
street,
while
the
women's
section
is
connected
to
another
side
street,
as
always
is
the
case
with
double
baths.
Both
sections
are
designed
with
the
same
plan.
The
window
wall
of
the
women's
section
is
a
little
bit
smaller
than
the
other.
There
are
domed
cells
at
both
sides
of
the
entrance
iwans
of
the
cool
rooms.
The
main
cool
room
has
three
domes.
Hot
rooms
have
four
iwans
and
at
their
corners
there
are
private
cells.
At
the
back,
kulhan,
the
boiler
room
lies
from
one
end
to
the
other.
Another
feature
of
the
bath
is
that
its
water
is
pulled
by
a
wooden
water
wheel
from
a
very
deep
and
wide
well
which
is
at
the
same
place.
Although
this
wooden
water
wheel,
which
stood
until
the
1920s,
has
disappeared
today,
the
enormous
well
stands
between
the
pavilion
of
the
bath
and
the
Hasan
Pasha
Madrasah.
The
Bayezid
bath
is
one
of
the
most
spectacular
examples
of
Turkish
bath
architecture
in
Istanbul
today
in
terms
of
the
harmony
of
the
architectural
proportions
that
have
survived.
This
is
particularly
evident
on
the
façade
on
the
street.
It
is
also
important
because
it
is
a
part
of
the
Bayezid
complex
which
was
established
according
to
a
new
understanding
of
urbanism
in
Turkification
of
Istanbul
and
it
has
an
element
that
complements
it.
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