House Doors of North Cyprus

They are gateways to different worlds. Doors have a shroud of mystery about: They make us ask, what might be? going on inside? They are defiant when closed but welcoming when open. There are those doors belonging to the rich which are embellished and carved and those belonging to the less well off, rather plain and modest without much detail or decoration.

Doors are entrances into the private realm and exits out to the public realm. When I leave in the morning for my work the door closes behind me. A feeling of outside ness prevails and I move into the public realm of pavements, people and streets. When I return home after my work I turn the key and open my door, enter and in a minute I am in the closed safety of my abode. Now a feeling of security prevails, the business of shutting out the world outside.

In this east Mediterranean region North Cyprus, the courtyard forms an important and integral part of the house and private life. Like an outside room the courtyard is a private outside space accessed through the most important door of the house and usually coming off the street. Here this front door, in two distinct halves, is often a door of wooden construction and painted in a bright color. The door itself is paneled often with wrought ironwork covering opaque glazing behind. The top semi circular lintel section of the door has wrought ironwork combining circular and linear frame positions, a variety of columns, and architraves patterns in a light and artistic manner.

Another characteristic of many of the doors of North Cyprus are the strong stone surrounds which act as a frame and hold the door in place.

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