Examination of the Urban Evolution Process of Dorylaion and Sultan Öyüğü (Sultanönü) Settlements in Eskişe

Abstract

Eskişehir is one of the important cities of Anatolia. Started from the early bronze age, the development evolution of the ancient Dorylaion settlement, which is the predecessor of the Eskişehir, has many breaking points in the historical process. The city, which was founded as Sultan Öyüğü (Sultan’s Hill), has entered a new development process since the 12th century and the present city of Eskişehir has developed around this settlement. In this study, it has been tried to reveal what kind of urban development process the city of Eskişehir has experienced since the oldest known settlement area. In this process, the effects of the ruling states on the development of the settlement were examined in a chronological process and the reasons for the preference of the first settlements of the cities, the states and their policies affecting the development of the cities, geographical guides, economic factors and the elements that reveal the urban development were evaluated comparatively. The aim of this study is to examine the development of the city of Eskişehir through two different settlements and to examine the evolution of the city with a comparative method.