Boyacı Mosque Explained

Building Name:Boyacı Mosque
Location: Gaziantep, Turkey
Religious Affiliation:Islam
Region:Southern Anatolia
Architecture Type:Mosque
Architecture Style:Seljuk
Year Completed:1357
Minaret Quantity:1
Materials:cut stone

Boyacı Camii (Turkish for "Painter's Mosque"), also called Boyacıoğlu Camii or Kadı Kemalettin Camii is a Mosque in Gaziantep, Turkey.[1]

It is located in the Şahinbey district of the city at the intersection of Kutlar Street and Hamdi Kutlar Avenue. Construction began in 1211 under the orders of Kadı Kemalettin Bey and it was finished in 1357.[2]

References

37.0619°N 37.3883°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mohammad, G. . Sacred Precincts: The Religious Architecture of Non-Muslim Communities Across the Islamic World . Brill . Arts and Archaeology of the Islamic World . 2014 . 978-90-04-28022-9 . 29 May 2019 . 92.
  2. News: TARİHİ CAMİLERİMİZ. gaziantepmuftulugu.gov.t. 2012-06-12. 2012-06-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141833/http://www.gaziantepmuftulugu.gov.tr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=41. 2016-03-04. dead.