In a traditional Turkish house, the fixed areas covering the top of the spaces are called ceilings. The ceiling, one of the houses' interior reinforcement elements, is one of the most elaborate and heavily decorated parts. The fact that the top parts of the tents, called tünlük where people lived in Central Asia, were left open and their interiors were decorated resembles the ceilings of modern houses. The circular or polygonal ceilings of topak houses, giving the appearance of a dome, are also likened to the roof covering system in houses. The wooden ceilings and ceiling roses of the houses in Hacıveliler, Hacıbayramlar, and Hisarardı villages, which we have covered as Gökbel villages in the Yatağan district of Muğla, have significance in terms of their unique handicraft. Each of the ceiling roses was made in a different form. The ornaments on the ceiling roses are carved and embossed. These houses were built in the countryside and have one- or two-room plans with an anteroom. These houses with flat soil housetops were later covered with wooden hipped roofs. It is seen that the room interiors are divided by a wooden pillar as seki altı and seki üstü (a seki is a seating platform leaning against the wall). In the seki altı section are pabuçluk (a shoe rack), bömbelik (a larder), wooden shelf and sulukluk (bath chamber). In the section of seki üstü, there are yüklük (big cabinets), sandıklık (a dowry chest), hearth, cupboards and ceiling. The study discusses examples selected from three different villages. The wooden ceiling roses of these houses belonging to Hacıveliler, Hacıbayramlar and Hisaradı villages were evaluated, and a total of eleven ceiling roses were analyzed. Nine examples from Hacıveliler and one example each from Hacıbayramlar and Hisarardı villages were included in the study. The fact that the wooden ceilings and ceiling roses of these three villages have not been published before makes this study unique. These ceilings made by local craftspeople also differ in terms of artistry among the houses in the region. It is our greatest wish that these unregistered houses and their wooden ornaments are preserved and their values are transferred to future generations.
Nurcan Bahargülü (Sun,) studied this question.