**3. Material and Method**

Antalya, the fifth most populous city in Turkey, is also among the top 10 cities with the highest number of mosques in Turkey (Presidency of Religious Affairs 2021). There are contradictions in the conformity of mosques to the zoning plans, their configuration, and their functioning, as is the case throughout Turkey. All mosques in Antalya where the mosque and trade function coexist have been selected as the examination universe.

In the spatial analysis, we examined the distribution of the mosques hosting the trade function in the city center of Antalya, the common and differentiating points in the site selections, and how the surrounding land-use decisions were defined in the 1/1000 and 1/5000 scaled zoning plans and plan notes, the defined functions in other social and technical infrastructure areas, and the relationship with residential areas.

In the analyses conducted in terms of formation, the architectural projects obtained from the relevant municipality and the current use cases were compared, and the changes in the spatial organization were determined by adding a different function.

In the study, the "focus group interview" (FGI), one of the qualitative research methods, was preferred in order to determine the opinions of the mosque staff, the mosque congregation, and the people of the region living close to the mosque. The purpose of the FGI is to create a positive platform that creates a wealth of content from various perspectives, ideas, and assessments (Ba¸s and Akturan 2008). According to Krueger (1994), the purpose of focus group interviews is not to make sense, but to understand; not to generalize, but to describe diversity; not to explain about the participants, but to reveal how the participants perceive the situation. In addition, since there are willing participants in these interviews, involuntary participation in research is also prevented. The reason why

this method is chosen for the study is to observe the user experience of the community that uses redundant or required functions that are added to mosques.

According to the data of 2021, 1,462,129 people live in Antalya City Center. There are 518 mosques serving this population. Among the 518 mosques, 15 mosques with a commercial function in the same structure were examined. All mosques in Antalya where the mosque and trade function coexist have been selected as the examination universe. In each mosque, semi-structured questions were applied to groups of 4–10 people; usability, satisfaction, and function evaluations were made. Since the aim was not to generalize, the answers given were not presented in percentages. The keywords were determined by considering the "word and sentence frequencies" in each theme and were analyzed by taking the "descriptive summary" data evaluation of (Krueger 1994) as a guide. Since the study was conducted during the pandemic period, it was important to conduct as many group interviews as possible, rather than a specific sample rate. While this rate is approximately 50% in mosques with a small congregation, it has decreased to approximately 10% in mosques with a large congregation. The prepared forms were applied to 448 people, 20% of the average total congregation.

The ethics approval permission required for the focus group interviews was obtained from the Science and Engineering Sciences Scientific Research and Publication Ethics Committee of Akdeniz University.

Finally, by examining the cases brought to the judiciary authorities and the processes of the lawsuits filed against the administration in the province of Antalya, we discuss how the local administrative judiciary and the Council of State view the issue, which will set a precedent in the future.
