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Konya province whose history dates back to the Neolithic period, is one of the old cities that hosted numerous civilizations. The city, which was conquered by Suleyman Shah, the son of Kutalmış in 1075, served as the capital city of the Anatolian Seljuks. During the Seljuk rule, the city was reconstructed by the sultan and his family, statesmen and wealthy community, and developed and sustained with the identity of a Turkish-Islamic city. A great number of buildings such as mosques and masjids, caravanserais, tombs, public baths, madrasahs, inns was built and these structures were financially supported by foundations. Among these buildings, madrasahs which were perceived as solid proof of the importance of education given by the Seljuks, were built in many cities such as Sivas, Kayseri, Antalya, Sinop, and certainly in the capital city of Konya. A number of the madrasahs were either naturally demolished over time or destroyed. The Küçük Karatay Madrasa, which is the main focus of the research, unfortunately shared the same fate as the other disappering Seljuk Madrasahs. It will be tried to determine the original plan scheme of the Küçük Karatay Madrasa, only a part of which remains today, based on the existing balances, the photographs in hand and the information in various publications. Therefore, the architectural and decorative significance of madrasas within the educational framework of the Seljuk Period will be presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, as a result of the identification of bryophyte specimens collected from different localities and habitats of Antalya, Karaman, Konya and Mersin provinces, 118 taxa (6 liverworts, 112 mosses) belonging to 24 families and 53 genera were determined. Among them, 5 taxa are new records for C12 according to the Turkey bryophytes grid-square system of Henderson. Furthermore, 6 species are new for Antalya Province, 19 species are new for Konya Province and 8 species are new for Mersin Province. While Pottiaceae (33 taxa), Brachytheciaceae (17 taxa), Bryaceae (11 taxa) and Grimmiaceae (11 taxa) are the largest families in terms of number of taxa, Syntrichia (10 taxa), Ptychostomum (7 taxa), Fissidens (7 taxa) and Didymodon (7 taxa) are the most species-rich genera. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The harvest of honey, which started to be produced in the early ages of human existence, has been done with different techniques throughout history. With the transition of human societies to settled life, honey has gained importance as a commercial material and the protection of hives has emerged as a necessity in the production of honey. For this purpose, methods varying according to the region have been developed. By placing the hives made of such different materials as baskets, wood and ceramics on the high walls of caves, between tree branches, in the niches built into garden walls and house walls, the honey production environments became protected against climate, theft and wild animal attacks. Beekeeping culture has established its own spatial and cultural context over time, following the development of a building type specific for the use of bees. In this context, dif-ferent types of structures that served the same purpose, and built in line with local resources and needs, have emerged. These structures, which are called "bee houses" in this study, are original examples of rural architecture and are constructed by using completely local materials and construc-tion techniques. Bee houses form a unique typology in the rural landscape and differ from other such rural buildings as mosques, fountains, village mansions, granaries, wells, poultries, barns, haystacks and graveyards, not only in terms of form and function, but also in terms of being con-structed with local materials that allow for rebuilding with the same materials when demolished. These structures are found over a wide geography and show different construction techniques. The bee houses in the Mediterranean basin are commonly built with a high body consisting of masonry stone walls with wooden beams and without mortar, and a wooden platform with wide eaves placed on this body, which is used to stack hives. The hives piled on this platform are protected against the weather conditions with a coating/cover made of wood, sheet metal or barks. There are bee houses that are built by constructing wooden platforms at a certain height on trunks of tall trees, which is more economical than building rubble stone body and a wood platform. Another type of bee house is the one that lacks a body but has a surrounding wall. Despite its frequent occurrence in the rural landscape however, bee houses that are currently used in different regions of Turkey have been relatively little documented; most recent studies include the bee houses found in Elmalı, Korkuteli, Teke Region in the West, and Gazipaşa in the east of Antalya. This study takes the bee house as a component of rural culture and documents the bee houses identified during the field surveys carried out in rural Alanya, in the east of Antalya and Konya. It samples the bee houses in terms of con-struction technique, material use and architectural form, and presents an evaluation on the bee house typology and local beekeeping culture in the context of Mediterranean basin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]