Beyliks & Seljuks
1071 - 1425 · New roads, new towns
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Covering 1071 - 1425, the Beyliks & Seljuks dossier is a reading point within the long transformation of settlement, movement, production and belief networks across the Aegean. New roads, new towns. Period boundaries are used to compare layers that changed at different speeds in different places, rather than to imply a clean historical break.
Records from the coast, valleys and inland areas are not reduced to one line of development. Region, place and narrative links are used to compare shared patterns with local differences.
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- From Çakırağa Mansion at Birgi to Yalınayak Bathhouse at Tire and Lake Gölcük
- From Dokimeion Marble to Boyalı Complex and Kızılören Grand Mosque: Roman Pavonazzetto Quarries, 13th-Century Seljuk Lodge, and Timber Mosque Architecture
- From Herakleia Salbake Medical School to Medet Mound and Işıklı Lake Eumeneia: Surgical Reliefs, Bektashi Monastery, and Water Lily Sanctuary
- From Kayalıoğlu Agricultural School to Körez Stone Mansions and İnebey Mosque: 1860 Or Yehuda Academy, Volcanic Basalt Mansions, and 14th-Century Germiyanid Mosque
- From Kırkgöz 64 Arches to Eber Floating Peat Islands and Çay Seljuk Taş Han: Mimar Sinan Bridges, Floating Peat Islands, and Seljuk Caravanserais
- Emergence of Kütahya Tile Kilns and Construction of Çakırsaz Seljuk Han (1230 CE)
- Construction of the Seljuk Sahip Ata İshaklı Caravanserai (1249 CE)
- From Seyitömer Bronze Age to Çakırsaz Han and Germiyan Tile Kilns: Ancient Loom Weights, Seljuk Hans, and UNESCO Tile Mansions
- From Synnada to İshaklı Caravanserai and Afyon Castle: Phrygian Coins, Seljuk Sultan Hans, and Volcanic Citadels
- From Tokalı Canyon to Yunus Emre Shrine and Bayat Kilims: 500m Cliffs, 13th-Century Mysticism, and Turkmen Dyes
- Initiation of Forged Steel Yatağan Sword Craft by Yatağan Baba (1250 AD)
- From Yatağan Swords to Hırka Timber Mosque and Yeşildere Waterfall: 800-Year Forged Steel Workshops, 18th-Century Floral Paintings, and 55m Cascade
- From Yunus Emre Shrine to Kurşunlu Thermal Springs and Kuladokya Fairy Chimneys: Honest Timber Heritage, 54°C Springs, and UNESCO Towers
- Entrance of Yunus Emre into Kula Taptuk Emre Shrine and Birth of Turkish Sufi Poetry (1280 CE)
- Yunus Emre's Initiation into Taptuk Emre Sufi Lodge and Sandıklı Sanctuary (1280 CE)