The mosque in the Kurtuluş quarter of Dulkadiroğlu was built in the name of Selim I; its own date of building is not known, and the only date on it is a repair inscription of the early nineteenth century, over the courtyard gate.
It is built of cut stone, with wooden roofs over both the porch for latecomers and the main space. In the space to the left of the porch, under a pointed vault, there is a rectangular tomb. It is easily reached from any part of the city by minibus, public bus or taxi.
Getting there
- Access
- City dolmuş, public buses and taxis reach it from anywhere in the city.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Kahramanmaraş as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 4.9 °C in January to 28.5 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, June, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (131 mm) and lightest in August (2 mm). Long-term means for 1930-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
