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A Turkish Bath comprises of 3 different sections:
Undressing Places
Bathing Places: Cold section, Warm section (Hammam)
Heating department / Furnace (Külhan)
Undressing places: In this place, there are a broad anteroom and separated compartments surrounding it. Hammam users undress in these compartments before bathing, and get rest here after bathing.
Bathing places: The inside of hammam has some parts. One of them called “kurna başı” which stands for the basin and its surrounding is a bathing place for people together, the other one called “halvet” is a department for bathing alone, and the last one is “göbek taşı” which means navel stone. This part is a raised platform in several geometric forms which is used to lie down on for perspiration and detoxification.
Heating department/Furnace : This department is located under the hammam and heats the bathing place with wood fire. The smoke is discharged through a pipe called “tüteklik”. It works heating a water tank on the fireplace and heated water is transported into canals which go to under the navel stone. The place under this stone is very dark and hot, so it is called “cehennem” which means “hell”. Most of Turkish baths are for women for some week days and for men for other days. If a bath has double departments, it is called “çifte hamam”, and one of the department is for women and the other is for men for everyday.