Coming from Van by dolmus one has to make a short stop at Gevaş. Nearby is a fine türbe in what used to be an isolated field but which now has housing in its back.
The türbe is known as Gevaş Halime Hatun Kümbeti. On a government site one can read, translated: "It is located on the east side of the Seljuk Cemetery in Gevaş District. According to the inscription on the entrance door, it was built by Melik Izzeddin in 1335 for his daughter Halime Hatun. His master is Esed, son of Ahlatlı Pehlivan. The burial chamber of the two-storey cupola has a square plan, and the eastern door is accessed by a ladder. It was built as a dodecagonal body on a square base with bevelled corners. The cupola, which is covered with a pyramidal cone at the top, was built with smooth cut stone material. A crown door was opened on the northern façade of the body, and windows were opened in the other three directions. Triangular niches animate the surfaces in between. All the facades are decorated with vegetal, geometric and inscriptions in the form of strips and medallions. It was restored by the General Directorate of Foundations." Some of my pictures are of the old situyation, some new.