This mosque in Gaziantep was built at the beginning of the twentieth century; who had it built is not known.
It is rectangular across its width, with a porch for latecomers in front under a flat roof, its flat wooden ceiling resting on seven wooden posts. The courtyard is entered from the east through two round doorways set one inside the other, in two interlocking colours. The prayer hall is also rectangular across its width, under a wooden roof. It is in the İsmetpasa quarter of Şahinbey, within walking distance of the centre.
Getting there
- Access
- Within walking distance of the city centre.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Gaziantep as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 3.2 °C in January to 28.1 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in January (103 mm) and lightest in August (5 mm). Long-term means for 1940-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
