This mosque was cut out of the rock, among the grain stores that are themselves carved into the cliff at Taşkale, and it is still used for worship. The provincial directorate describes it as a historic mosque without an equal in Türkiye, and says there is agreement that it was converted from a church.
It is square in plan and a single space. The prayer hall, close to square, takes its light from four windows set in two levels, and a wooden gallery covers half of it. Taşkale is 46 kilometres from the centre of Karaman, reached by car or by the bus that runs there daily.
Getting there
- Access
- At Taşkale village, 46 km from central Karaman, reached by private car or on the daily bus to Taşkale.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Karaman as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.7 °C in January to 23.5 °C in July; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (47 mm) and lightest in August (6 mm). Long-term means for 1951-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
