The façade of one of the oldest houses in Buca was demolished

- The façade of one of the oldest houses in Buca was demolished -

One of the oldest houses in Buca, located on Buca Dumlupınar Neighborhood 86th Street (formerly Özdemir Sokak) and overlooking the garden of Muradiye Mosque, faced its inevitable end as a result of the owners leaving the house to its own fate, and a part of its front façade was demolished and severely damaged.

As used in the early Buca architecture, the house appears to have been largely built using mortar reinforced with horsehair, wooden carcass and mud-brick filling. As a result, it is estimated that the house is at least 150 years old and one of the oldest houses in Buca. The house had not been used for very long and was left to its own devices. Cracks in the wall of the house had long been a harbinger of danger.

The old Lower Greek Quarter (Kato Mahala), which would have been transformed into a tourism center even in a developed country, and today, many historical houses of Dumlupınar Neighborhood continue to be left to their own fate by their owners, and they collapse over time as a result of indifference. While the owners should at least sell the house and have the house salvaged if they cannot afford to look after the historic houses, possibly inheritance problems or the hope that they will be able to build apartments by removing the land of the houses from the protected area in the future are the biggest reasons for leaving the houses in this state.

Unless local and central governments choose to expropriate and restore the houses, or encourage some organizations and private individuals to buy them, it seems certain that many houses will end up in the same fate.

^{Demolished part of the house}

^{The front of the house before it was demolished}

Other prominent historical Buca structures that have been partially destroyed and urgently need restoration:

Source: atalarimizintopraklari.com