* Corresponding Author Cite this article * (aliulvi@mersin.edu.tr) ORCID ID 0000 – 0003 – 3005 – 8011 (ayasinyigit@mersin.edu.tr) ORCID ID 0000 – 0002 – 9407 – 8022 DOI: XXXXXXXXXXXX / Research Article Ulvi A, Yiğit A Y (2020). 3D study of modelling and animation of Kayseri Gülük Mosque. Mersin Photogrammetry Journal, 2(2), 33-37 Received: 16/01/2020; Accepted: 30/03/2020 Mersin Photogrammetry Journal – 2020; 2(2); 33-37 Mersin Photogrammetry Journal https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/mephoj e-ISSN 2687-654X 3D study of modelling and animation of Kayseri Gülük Mosque Ali Ulvi *1 , Abdurahman Yasin Yiğit 2 1 Mersin University, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, Mersin, Turkey 2 Mersin University, Engineering Faculty, Geomatics Engineering Department, Mersin, Turkey Keywords ABSTRACT Gülük Mosque Close-range photogrammetry Documentation Kayseri Cultural Heritage The preservation of documents, which are described as cultural heritage, can be accepted as the common duty of delivery to future generations of humanity. In documenting the cultural heritage, the current state of historical monuments must first be determined. For this, various techniques are used in the literature. Recently, Close-range photogrammetry documentation of cultural heritage, which develops rapidly in line with technological developments, has an important place in the study. Documentation of close-range photogrammetry cultural heritage, which has developed rapidly in parallel with technological developments, has an important place in the studies. In this study, the study of documenting the Gülük Mosque in Kayseri/TURKEY with a photogrammetry technique was carried out. In this study, as a result, scaled drawings and three-dimensional model (3D) of the exterior of the mosque were obtained. Thanks to the photogrammetry technique, field and office work was completed in a short time according to classical documentation methods. With this method, works built throughout history can be archived with a 3D model in the digital environment. In addition, the 3D model obtained by the photogrammetry technique was animated and displayed in virtual museums. 1. INTRODUCTION In Lands where Turkey is located, have lived thousands of civilizations throughout history. In this respect, Turkey has a rich cultural and historical heritage. According to the 2002 records of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Turkey registered 66 251 units in a single building scale cultural and natural heritage is available (URL-1). At the same time, Turkey's Central Anatolia Region is an important center in terms of cultural artifacts. The number of registered buildings in Kayseri in this region is 829 according to the end of 2009 reports. 163 of these are religious structures (URL-1). Documenting these works, conservation and needed to be restored, is of great importance in terms of cultural heritage studies. Cultural heritages are the history of nations, and history forms the identity of the nations. Therefore, the protection of cultural heritages means protection of the history and identity of the nations (Yakar and Doğan, 2017; Ulvi et al., 2019). Documenting the cultural heritage process (Georgopoulos and İonnidis, 2004); '' History or cultural structure of the set of three-dimensional space in the current situation, the new size, it is necessary to determine the shape and position measurement, assessment, recording, and presentation process '' is defined as. Various methods are used in the documentation of historical artifacts for different purposes. There are various methods such as classical manual inventory collection, topographic methods, photogrammetric methods and screening methods (Böhler and Heinz, 1999; Scherer, 2002). These methods provide great benefits to historical and cultural heritage objects in the future; The photogrammetry method used in this study includes scientific methodologies that calculate the three-dimensional coordinates of an object by measuring the corresponding points in the overlapping images (Akçay et al., 2017; Ulvi et al., 2020) The most complex part of documenting cultural heritage seems to be to create three-dimensional modeling of these works. The close picture