An Observation on Rock Arts in The Alt？kap？l？ Cave Church, Pisidia

Pisidia Region, covers the northern part of Antalya with provinces of Burdur-Isparta. Rock Arts (Petroglyphs or Pictogram) in The Alt？kap？l？ Cave Church – the subject of this study – was discovered during research carried out for the surface surveys for Kremna and the nearby region in 2015. The church is situated near the city of Burdur in the district of Bucak to the northwest of the village of Avdanc？k. Since the church has six doors, the area where it is situated is named Alt？kap？l？, which literally means “with six doors”. According to information given by the villagers, three of the doors were intact until 40-50 years ago. However, as a result of illegal excavation work, they are completely ruined today. There are two features that make the church important. First, it proves that a cave church was situated in the Pisidia region, and and in its apse there are mural paintings belonging to the cycle of Jesus that reflect the artistic style of the period of Komnenos (1081-1185).？ Another feature that makes the Alt？kap？l？ Cave Church important is the rock paintings that were incised on the frescoes in following periods. the eight-pointed star, deer and chamois motifs, which are also carved are found on the frescoes. the eight-pointed star figure as well as the deer and chamois figures provide some ideas for us. For this reason, as Seljuk Turks in Anatolia began dominating the region, the function of the church was lost. shows especially that the Turkmen population began to grew denser in the 12th century and that the church lost its basic function thereafte