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	Button houses (dümeli evlerin in Turkish- image by [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akseki_dmeli_evleri_14.jpg Bluetime93 under CC]) are associated with the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey. Vernacular stone and wood frame house found primarily in the village of Sarhaclar in the Akseki district of Antalya, get their name from the the protruding pegs that resemble button points on the exterior facade. These button houses date back some 300 years to Ottoman-era rural craftsmanship.		Button houses (dümeli evlerin in Turkish- image by [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akseki_dmeli_evleri_14.jpg Bluetime93 under CC]) are associated with the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey. Vernacular stone and wood frame house found primarily in the village of Sarhaclar in the Akseki district of Antalya, get their name from the the protruding pegs that resemble button points on the exterior facade. These button houses date back some 300 years to Ottoman-era rural craftsmanship.
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	Once a stopover for major trade routes these houses in Akseki served as homes for wealthy merchants, farmers, and caravan travellers during the Ottoman era, built from local stone and thus sitting well with in their surroundings. After some years of neglect, but the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism began a focused restoration campaign to save them. As Turkey continues to restore and celebrate its architectural past, button houses still stand solid and elegant.		Once a stopover for major trade routes these houses in Akseki served as homes for wealthy merchants, farmers, and caravan travellers during the Ottoman era, built from local stone and thus sitting well with in their surroundings. After some years of neglect, but the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism began a focused restoration campaign to save them. As Turkey continues to restore and celebrate its architectural past, button houses still stand solid and elegant.

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−	Button houses (dümeli evlerin in Turkish) are associated with the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey. Vernacular stone and wood frame house found primarily in the village of Sarhaclar in the Akseki district of Antalya, get their name from the the protruding pegs that resemble button points on the exterior facade. These button houses date back some 300 years to Ottoman-era rural craftsmanship.	+	[[File:Button house Akseki dugmeli evleri 14 CC 1000.jpg]]
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		+	Button houses (dümeli evlerin in Turkish- image by [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akseki_dmeli_evleri_14.jpg Bluetime93 under CC]) are associated with the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey. Vernacular stone and wood frame house found primarily in the village of Sarhaclar in the Akseki district of Antalya, get their name from the the protruding pegs that resemble button points on the exterior facade. These button houses date back some 300 years to Ottoman-era rural craftsmanship.

	The buildings are constructed without mortar, but are effectively dry stone walls within a timber frame, thick wooden cedar or juniper beams forming a grid-like pattern with visible wooden ends, resembling buttons on a shirt, protruding to the outside. Craftsmen stack chiselled stone, without cement or nails to form the walls and embed horizontal wooden beams between layers creating a solid heavy static structure, with certain level of flexibility, helping withstand earthquakes and harsh weather.		The buildings are constructed without mortar, but are effectively dry stone walls within a timber frame, thick wooden cedar or juniper beams forming a grid-like pattern with visible wooden ends, resembling buttons on a shirt, protruding to the outside. Craftsmen stack chiselled stone, without cement or nails to form the walls and embed horizontal wooden beams between layers creating a solid heavy static structure, with certain level of flexibility, helping withstand earthquakes and harsh weather.

−	Once a stopover for major trade routes these houses in Akseki served as homes for wealthy merchants, farmers, and caravan travellers during the Ottoman era, built from local stone and thus sitting well with in their ~~surrroundings~~. After some years of ~~niglegt, fell into disrepair as younger generations moved to urban centers. But recently~~, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism began a focused restoration campaign to save ~~these historical treasures~~. ~~In Sarhaclar, 10 of 13 registered homes have already been restored, drawing cultural tourists, historians, and architecture enthusiasts from around the world.~~	+	Once a stopover for major trade routes these houses in Akseki served as homes for wealthy merchants, farmers, and caravan travellers during the Ottoman era, built from local stone and thus sitting well with in their surroundings. After some years of neglect, but the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism began a focused restoration campaign to save them. As Turkey continues to restore and celebrate its architectural past, button houses still stand solid and elegant.
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−	~~Once receiving only a few thousand visitors annually, the region now welcomes tens of thousands, providing a much-needed economic boost and renewed local pride.~~	+
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−	In an age of prefabricated buildings and steel skeletons, button houses remind us of the beauty of building with nature. They are sustainable by design, created entirely from local, natural materials. More than homes, they are monuments to regional identity and communal resilience.	+
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−	As Turkey continues to restore and celebrate its architectural past, button houses stand ~~tall—quietly~~ elegant~~, ingeniously built, and very much alive~~.	+

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Button houses (dümeli evlerin in Turkish) are associated with the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey. Vernacular stone and wood frame house found primarily in the village of Sarhaclar in the Akseki district of Antalya, get their name from the the protruding pegs that resemble button points on the exterior facade. These button houses date back some 300 years to Ottoman-era rural craftsmanship.

The buildings are constructed without mortar, but are effectively dry stone walls within a timber frame, thick wooden cedar or juniper beams forming a grid-like pattern with visible wooden ends, resembling buttons on a shirt, protruding to the outside. Craftsmen stack chiselled stone, without cement or nails to form the walls and embed horizontal wooden beams between layers creating a solid heavy static structure, with certain level of flexibility, helping withstand earthquakes and harsh weather.

Once a stopover for major trade routes these houses in Akseki served as homes for wealthy merchants, farmers, and caravan travellers during the Ottoman era, built from local stone and thus sitting well with in their surrroundings. After some years of niglegt, fell into disrepair as younger generations moved to urban centers. But recently, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism began a focused restoration campaign to save these historical treasures. In Sarhaclar, 10 of 13 registered homes have already been restored, drawing cultural tourists, historians, and architecture enthusiasts from around the world.

Once receiving only a few thousand visitors annually, the region now welcomes tens of thousands, providing a much-needed economic boost and renewed local pride.

In an age of prefabricated buildings and steel skeletons, button houses remind us of the beauty of building with nature. They are sustainable by design, created entirely from local, natural materials. More than homes, they are monuments to regional identity and communal resilience.

As Turkey continues to restore and celebrate its architectural past, button houses stand tall—quietly elegant, ingeniously built, and very much alive.

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