Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
SELCUK UNIVERSITESI EDEBIYAT FAKULTESI DERGISI-SELCUK UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF FACULTY OF LETTERS, cilt.54, ss.329-352, 2025 (ESCI, TRDizin)
Urban memory, defined as the accumulation of human experiences within human settlements, is largely shaped around examples of spatial and architectural art. As different cultural environments participate in the formation of urban memory, the accumulation of the settlement also becomes richer. This richness, which carries the traces of civilisations through the ages to the present day, can also be observed in the & Ccedil;& ouml;mlek & ccedil;i Neighbourhood, which forms one of the eastern suburbs of Trabzon and takes its name from the pottery production industry. The neighbourhood is home to cultural layers from the Hellenistic Period Mithra Cult, the Roman and Byzantine Empires, the Komnenos Kingdom, the Ottoman and Republican periods, as well as Catholic Italians, Orthodox Greeks, Mitharist Armenians and Muslim Turks. The neighbourhood's significance extends beyond its multiple cultural layers; as an area of artistic and artisanal production, it makes a significant contribution to the city's budget and vitality. Raising awareness of the neighbourhood is crucial for the integration of fragments of the city's memory. This study compiles new findings added to the existing knowledge about & Ccedil;& ouml;mlek & ccedil;i Mahallesi. The neighbourhood, which bears witness to rich experiences alongside its architectural structure, has been examined in terms of urban memory, centred on the discipline of art history alongside its multiple cultural layers, and studied within a hermeneutic framework that incorporates meaning and interpretation through the criteria of definition, witnessing, surface research, and evaluation.