Ankara : Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design and Institute of Fine Arts of Bilkent University, 1995.Architecture -- Turkey -- Conservation and restoration.Includes bibliographical refences.This thesis is a study on re-functioning monumental buildings. It is supported by a case study, which is a project of re-functioning a church called "Kavakli kilise" into a conference center. The early chapters analyze the re-functioning activity, churches and conference centers in order to support the case study. A re-functioning project on the church in Burdur and a comparison list are investigated in the thesis.Furtun, HPınarM.S