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12-OCT-2008

Karaman sept 2008 4783.jpg

The Haci Beyler Camisi from 1358. It has been restored to its present state in 1953.

On the picture: The prayer hall of the mosque, being of the ‘Kufa’-type, which means: wider than deep, having naves parallel with the ‘kibla’ wall (= the wall containing the mihrab/prayer niche. In Turkey the kibla wall has an East-West orientation).
When the mosque was rebuilt in 1953, it lost its outer gallery, and the prayer hall was reduced.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: ‘Karaman (Tarihi ve Kültürü)’ (Ilhan Temizsoy & M. Vehbi Uysal) – Konya 1981.


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