FETHİYE CEMEVİ/MOSQUE
Fethiye/Muğla︎ 2013 ︎ Construction Area: 1.330 m2 ︎ Site: 1.140 m2 ︎ Religious ︎ Hakan Tung, Nevzat Sayın, Sami Metin Uludoğan
The idea of a project that would accommodate both a Cemevi and Mosque was a hot item on the agenda at the time. We had been made part of the project upon the invitation of Fethiye Municipality and the involved parties could not reach an agreement. Some of the notables in the Alevi community agreed with the idea, whereas other considered it to be part of an assimilation project and thus opposed it. We agreed that it was both inevitable and correct to invite representatives of both the Sunni and Alevi communities in Fethiye to a meeting to reach a decision on this generally difficult, even impossible subject. Hence, we began working on the coexistence of a mosque and a cemevi. We held meetings at each phase, explained the developments, and made progress with the criticisms in mind. Just as we were about to begin the implementation of the approved projects, we were asked to continue the work on a different property. We developed a new alternative with the same data, but the project was infinitely postponed and was taken off the table. We never built the structure, but had a wonderful opportunity to develop our ideas about the subject.