From Asclepeion to Darüşşifa

In the fertile lands of Anatolia, which have hosted various civilizations for thousands of years, climate, water resources, and natural vegetation were also used by people as a means of treatment, and methods still valid today were developed regarding "healthy living for humanity."

The treatment methods and therapeutic environment understanding developed by Turks since Central Asia led to the emergence of the great health structures of the era, the darüşşifas. In these lands, where multi-faceted treatment centers like the ancient asklepions and famous medical scholars like Hippocrates were born, the Turks combined traditional structures with treatment centers, and the healing effects of the "therapeutic environment" (as it's called today), particularly on mental patients, emerged from this awareness. The architectural design influencing this treatment was not coincidental and was significant enough to influence the designs of modern medical structures in the Western world.

This book attempts to highlight how traditional structures, nourished by historical ways of life, with their human-scaled designs appealing to the five senses, also served as health structures that created positive factors in patients' treatments and served humanity.