Osmanlı Deniz Hamamları

This article aims to introduce sea bathings and their importance in the Ottoman social life. Sea bathings exist on the sea. These are covered, washing places which have a pool in the middle. This study shows that sea bathings have appeared in early XVIIth century. It is fixed that sea bathings are not only in Istanbul but also in different coasts of the Ottoman Empire. The rules of sea bathings, taxation and the methods of using these places explained according to archive documents.