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I had to fill in some shrubs and part of a wall, I find I gave away this action by putting in the same can twice. People should not leave rubbish lying about.

Standing on the western edge of the Seyitgazi complex, and looking to the East.
On the foreground: the ‘üst avlu’ (upper courtyard).
Left: the domes and chimneys of the Bektaşi convent; Ottoman architecture, 16th century.
Right: the ‘Ümmühan Hatun Medresesi’, a former Byzantine monastery (10th century), which was transformed into a medrese (school) by the Seljuk in 1208. This happened on request of Ümmühan Hatun, the mother of the Seljuk sultan Allaeddin Keykubat I. Her ‘türbe’ (grave monument) was installed inside. In the 16th century the Bektaşi Order turned the school into a ‘Çilehane’. (Çilehane = House of ascesis, where Sufis would go to pray in seclusion).

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Sources: ‘Türkye Tarihi Yerler Kılavuzu’ – M.Orhan Bayrak, Inkılâp Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1994.
Leaflet of the Seyitgazi Külliyesi (1995) , ‘Guide Fodor: Turquie’ - Edition 1988
& Personal visits (1995 – 1996).