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Hammans | Spreader of Warmth – Mervyn Leong

Hammans | Spreader of Warmth – Mervyn Leong

The hamams in the Ottoman culture started out as annexes to mosques, and quickly evolved into institutions and eventually into monumental structural complexes in the mid 1500s. Typical hamams consist of three interconnected rooms: the sıcaklık which is the hot room; the warm room which is the intermediate room; and the soğukluk, which is the [...]