The Taş Madrasa in Kahramanmaraş was built at the end of the fifteenth century by Alauddevle Bey, ruler of the Dulkadirid beylik. It stands beside the Great Mosque and was laid out as a small complex of medrese, masjid and tomb. It has come down through various repairs with its original fabric intact, and the General Directorate of Foundations restored it in 1991-92. Today it is used as a masjid and a store.
It went on functioning as a school into the 1920s: the education yearbook of 1901 records 25 students studying here. The building is in the Kurtuluş quarter.
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).
