Kızıl Kiosk, which has survived in ruins since the Anatolian Seljuk Period, is located in Kayseri Melikgazi district, Erenköy neighborhood, Billur location, owned by Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality, 8241 block number, located in 11 plot number. In the name of the Kızıl Kiosk, which does not have an inscription, a waqfiya from the Anatolian Seljuk period is found in 1246 by Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev II, which contains information about the use of water flowing through this land two days a week by flowing from the villages of Hisarcık and Karagürle. Although the waqfiya is not for the Kızıl Kiosk in Kayseri, due to its mention of its name, it indicates that the structure existed in 1246. In the Kızıl Kiosk, in order to determine the planning characteristics by exposing the sub-ground parts of the structure, to solve static problems and to prepare and restore the projects, Between 31.08.2020 and 31.10.2020, with the decision of KKVKBK dated 23.07.2014 and numbered 1122 and again dated 18.09.2014 and numbered 1226, excavation work was carried out by Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality of Kayseri Museum Directorate has been audited. Before the excavation, it was seen that there were four different units in the Kızıl Kiosk, which consists of rectangular planned sections in the east-west direction. These largely destroyed units have been named as places 1, 2, 3 and 4, and while places 1, 2 and 3 remained present with vault covers and part of their walls, place 4 was demolished except for its walls consisting of several stone rows. The walls of the kiosk are filled with dimension stone, lime mortar rubble stone. The vault cover is knitted with stone plates, also called smooth kevek stone, and covered with internal plaster. In the excavations carried out inside and on the exterior of the structure, the plan was uncovered to the extent that the boundaries of the property were perked. As a result of the excavation, it was seen that the settlements of the Kızıl Kiosk 1, 2, 3 and 4, where planning features were clearly revealed, were closely similar to a part of Kubadabad Büyük (Grand) Palace. As the data from the excavation shows, tile only was used in the number 1 place in the Kızıl Kiosk and the walls were plastered in others. Tiles are attached to the walls with mortars thrown on the pins that crash between the joints to stand firmly on the smooth dimension stones. There are small pieces of tile, one in the luster technique and two separate points with turquoise glaze. There is no sign of pin or thick tile mortar on the dimension stone walls left in the other rooms, and fine mortars are available even in the lower elevations. For these reasons, it is understood that place 1 is the sultan’s reception room (başoda (main chamber) / sofa (hall). Apart from tile, bricks, glazed and glazed ceramic, glass and metal finds and coins were also uncovered. The coins are largely corrupted and one of them is important for the dating of the structure. In place 1, the coin from the mortar among the ruined vault stones was found that it belongs to the Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev II. period. Due to the fact that the coin was in mortar, the mortar was thrown into the mortar during the construction or fell, the structure was built in the floor. It must have been done in the time of Gyaseddin Keyhüsrev II. In addition, the mention of the Kızıl Kiosk in the aforementioned waqfiya dated 1246 is the first time that the kiosk has been built since Gıyaseddin Keyhusrev II. reveals with certainty that existed in his final year on the throne. All the finds and elements mentioned, dating criteria, similar demolitions, characteristics of tiles, the political and economic situation of Anatolia after the Mongol pillage in Kayseri in 1243, the structure should have been built in a period before 1243. In this study, detailed identification of the plan and architectural features of the structure and the immovable cultural assets uncovered were made with the findings obtained during the excavation in Kızıl Kiosk.
