The old houses of Uşak are generally two storeys, the lower of stone and the upper of timber. They carry the features of Ottoman domestic architecture and have been brought under protection so that the historic fabric is not lost.
The quarters to walk through are Aybey, Karaağaç, Kurtuluş and Işık, where the old houses stand in numbers; they begin in the back streets behind the municipality building and can be reached on foot.
Getting there
- Access
- The houses stand in the back streets behind Uşak's municipal building, within walking distance.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Uşak as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 2.4 °C in January to 23.6 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (85 mm) and lightest in August (13 mm). Long-term means for 1939-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
