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13-SEP-2008

Karaman sept 2008 4759.jpg

The Yunus Emre Camisi, 1349, the oldest building in town, from the Karamanoğlu period. The Wikipedia has some information about this dynasty: Beylik of Karaman or of Karamanoğlu (Karamanoğulları in Turkish plural), also called the Karamanid Dynasty or the Karamanids, was an Anatolian Turkish Beylik state centered in south-central Anatolia, around the present-day Karaman Province. From the 13th century until its fall in 1467, Karamanoğlu was one of the most powerful states in Anatolia.
Curiously I could speak with the imam in my own language, Dutch, as he had lived in Vlaardingen till he was 12.

On the picture: The mosque, seen from the northwest. To the left: the northern gallery with its five small domes; it is wider than the prayer hall annex room-for-ritual-dances. The second (small) entrance at the foot of the stairs (on the right) leads into this room-for-ritual-dances, and from there to the türbe (mausoleum) of Yunus Emre. So, pilgrim visitors can visit the tomb, even during prayers, without disturbing the service.

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


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