The tomb in the garden of the Sinop Archaeological Museum, known locally as the tomb of the mirrored lady, was built according to the inscription above its arched doorway in June 1395. Of the three cenotaphs inside, one belongs to Sultan Hatun, who died in that same year; she was the daughter of Süleyman Pasha, son of the Ottoman ruler Orhan Bey, and the wife of Süleyman Pasha of the Candarids. Whom the other graves belong to is not known.
The tomb is square in plan and built of cut stone. Judging by other square-plan tombs of its period its original covering should have been a dome, but today it is roofed in timber with pantiles. It has three windows, one in each of the three faces other than the front.
Getting there
- Access
- Reachable on foot or by city transport.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Sinop as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 6.8 °C in February to 23.4 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (92 mm) and lightest in July (34 mm). Long-term means for 1936-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
