Türkiye’de Modern Banyonun Değişimi: Dergi Reklamları Üzerinden Bir Değerlendirme

Abstract

This study tries to understand the introduction of the modern bathroom into our everyday lives during the Westernisation period in Turkey and also tries to understand the change of the bathroom space by looking the advertisements in design, architecture and decoration magazines between 1980 and 2012. The study, first gives a short account on the appearance of the modern bathroom in the United States through the end of the 19th century and its early phases, supported by images from advertisements and catalogs. Afterwards, it shows the introduction of the modern bathroom into our lives within the efforts of modernisation and Westernisation after the foundation of the Turkish Republic and the interaction between the society and this foreign notion. Lastly, the study tries to read the phases of the modern bathroom and its elements in Turkey via the magazine advertisements through decades between the years 1980-2012