Abstract:
This study seeks the impact of highly destructive earthquakes on the buildings along the historical period beginning from 17th century up to now in the city of Istanbul that had a very rich cultural heritage. The religious buildings like mosques, tekkes and madrasas which are the civil religious foundation complexes of some regions of capital Ottoman city “Istanbul” were researched in the context of originality through reconstruction and restoration along the Ottoman period. The research methodology is primarily focused on determining the original situation of the buildings by researching archives, documentations and literature, afterward evaluation of historical buildings “tekkes” were evaluated in the context of authenticity as one of the main architectural conservation phenomena.