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Göğceli Mosque

Göğceli Mosque is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Göğceli Mosque rather than just read about it. In short: Göğceli Mosque (Turkish: Göğceli Camii) is a historic log mosque situated inside the Göğceli Cemetery in Çarşamba, Samsun, northern Turkey. Built during the Seljuk Empire period in the 13th century, the log mosque was constructed without the use of nails.

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Reference excerpt

Göğceli Mosque (Turkish: Göğceli Camii) is a historic log mosque situated inside the Göğceli Cemetery in Çarşamba, Samsun, northern Turkey. Built during the Seljuk Empire period in the 13th century, the log mosque was constructed without the use of nails.

Mosque building Göğceli Mosque is situated inside the cemetery of the same name at Hasbahçe neighborhood in the Çarşamba district of Samsun Province. According to a research carried out on the wood samples taken from the building in 1990, it was built during the second reign of Seljuk Sultan of Rûm Kaykhusraw I (r. 1205–1211) in 1206. In 1335, the portico underwent a restoration. The single-storey mosque was constructed forming the walls with single-piece planks stacked without the use of nails. The wall planks are interlocked at edges by double-notch joint technique. Woods of elm, ash tree and chestnut were used on walls, columns, column capitals, joists, rafters and ridge-post framing. The planks of the walls are 15–18 cm (5.9–7.1 in) thick, 50–70 cm (20–28 in) wide and around 12.60 and 20 m (41.3 and 65.6 ft) long. The building measures 17.50–17.75 m (57.4–58.2 ft) × 21.15–22.20 m (69.4–72.8 ft) from the outside. It is 60–70 cm (24–28 in) high above the ground. The opening under the elevated floor enables ventilation and prevents moisture and decay of the structure. Thanks to the wedges under the building on the ground, it has survived earthquakes. The wooden structure can be completely moved from its place to another. The mosque underwent an extensive restoration in 2007.

Interior

The building's covered area is 254 m2 (2,730 sq ft). Forged iron nails were used only in the connection of the column capitals to the beams and in the additions made to the rafters extending towards the portico sections for women. The roof, the northern part of which is slightly curved, is a three-shouldered roof. The roof is carried by wooden walls and struts. The roof of the women's section is supported by six columns. The ornaments, dated to early and classical Ottoman Empire period, are colored with vegetal paint. The mosque, still in use, has a capacity for 300 people. The cemetery around the mosque is known as the cemetery of strangers.

References

External links Media related to Göğceli Mosque at Wikimedia Commons

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Göğceli Mosque

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Göğceli Mosque claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Göğceli Mosque before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Göğceli Mosque ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Göğceli Mosque

In research: Göğceli Mosque appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Göğceli Mosque in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Göğceli Mosque is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Buildings and structures completed in 1206, Buildings and structures in Samsun Province, Indigenous architecture, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Göğceli Mosque outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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