The Arabi mosque was built in 1743 by Muhammed Fazili Efendi, and the provincial directorate calls its minaret the only one of its kind in Urfa. According to the records it was built on the site of an earlier prayer house known as the Alihan mescidi.
The mosque is also called the Old Arabi mosque. The directorate's description places it on Mahmut Coşkunses Sokak in the Harrankapı area. It is reached by city transport.
Getting there
- Access
- Reached by Şanlıurfa's city transport.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Şanlıurfa as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 5.7 °C in January to 32.1 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May and October; rainfall is heaviest in January (85 mm) and lightest in July (2 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
