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Ermenek Grand Mosque

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177: 189: 201: 216: 38: 157:(pillar-supported) prayer hall with three transverse arched naves extending from west to east, and is the first example of a Turkish mosque with a narthex gallery, a form of antechamber, between the outer doors and the prayer hall. The structure is unusual in not having its main entrance and narthex to the north of the mosque (opposite the 164:
Several times throughout its history the mosque was altered through renovations and repair work, including expansion works in 950AD, repairs in 1125AD and 1324AD, and other changes and repairs during the Ottoman period. The mosque also now has a wooden minaret that was added later.
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These 14th-century Karamind-era wooden door wings have since been removed for preservation and posterity and are exhibited at the Sahip Ata Museum in
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in 1302AD (702AH), as inscribed in Sülüs-style calligraphy on the original door wings between the antechamber and the prayer hall.
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From an architectural perspective, the mosque consists of a rectangular
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14th-century Karamanid-era mosque in Ermenek, Turkey
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Index


Affiliation
Islam
Ermenek
Karaman Province
Turkey
Style
Karamanid
Mahmud Bey
Turkish
Mahmud Bey
Karamanids
Konya
hypostyle
mihrab
Front view of the mosque and its narthex
Calligraphy on a door within the mosque
Detail on the wooden minbar
minbar
A prayer alcover or mihrab
mihrab
List of mosques in Turkey
List of Turkish Grand Mosques



Islam Ansiklopedisi
"Ermenek Grand Mosque Wooden Door Wings: an example of wooden works exhibited in the Sahip Ata Museum in Konya"
"The Evolution of Architectural Form in Turkish Mosques (1300-1700)"
doi

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