HACI YAHYA MOSQUE (ARAPGİR /MALATYA)
ARAPGİR HACI YAHYA CAMİİ

Author : Candan ÜLKÜ
Number of pages : 1-20

Abstract

Arapgir is a wide valley opened by Arapkir water from the arms of the Euphrates River, at an altitude of about 1200 m above sea level. The property belongs to the Hacı Yahya Foundation. Although the examples of religious and civil architecture in Arapgir are subject to many publications and theses, the mosque of this article has never been mentioned. The mosque displays a three-fold arrangement: The basement was used as lodging. The ground floor consists of harim and the last community place. The first floor is for women to have access to the stairs leading to the exit of the minaret at the same time. The mosque is covered with sheet metal roofing. There is a graveyard in the southern front of the mosque. Some of the stone heads and stands of the tombs are scattered into the courtyard. The stone plates of the graves were partially broken and damaged. Among the graves between the trees is a family graveyard.

Keywords

Malatya, Arapgir, Hacı Yahya Mosque, Gravestones

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