The settlements in Turkey are various in terms of their shapes, types and materials. As an countryside type of housing, dams are
found in eastern and southeastern Anatolia as well as the Central Anatolia and Aegean Regions of Turkey. Such types of housing,
namely the dams, vary in terms of their roots, their durations of usage, the economic activities there and their physical structures
according to the effect of the geographical region in which they are located.