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Name of the Structure   Murat (Murad) Paşa Mosque
Category Mosque
Period Ottoman
Current Condition It currently functions as a mosque.
Construction Date 1570/1571
Built by Murad Pasha
Location / Address Kızılsaray, Milli Egemenlik Cd., 07040 Muratpaşa/Antalya

Built by Murad Pasha in the sixteenth century, this rectangular mosque lies under a dome reinforced with an octagonal drum. It has a minaret with two balconies in the northwest corner. The building has the earliest tile decorations among the Ottoman mosques in Antalya.

There is a rectangular narthex with three domes north of the mosque. Pendentives provide the transition to the domes. The domes and pendentives feature hand-carved decorations.

The entrance to the harim on the north façade is made of marble and has a depressed arch. The construction date and benefactor of the mosque are recorded on the marble panel above the door. There are rectangular windows on both sides of the door. The window in the west is used as the entrance to the women’s prayer hall. The rectangular harim is covered with a dome reinforced with an octagonal drum. The hub and skirts of the dome and the transition components are decorated with motifs. The Surah Al-Mulk is written on the border at the skirts of the dome. There are three levels of windows on the east, west, and south façades. There are glazed tile panels on the pointed arch pediments of the windows on the lower level. Verse 64 of the Surah Yusuf is written on some tile panels; others are decorated with floral motifs. There is a marble pulpit and mihrab on the south façade. The mihrab is surrounded by a border with zigzag and floral motifs painted in golden yellow.

The minaret is in the northwest corner. It is thought to have had a single balcony before it was destroyed, but a second balcony was added during its repair. A beveled octagonal transition segment lies underneath the cylindrical shaft. There are four rows of moldings underneath the balconies, the third of which is decorated with a row of beads. At the very top is the spire and a finial with two knobs. There is an octagonal fountain covered by a pyramidal cone in the north of the courtyard.

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Murat Paşa Camii

Kızılsaray, Milli Egemenlik Cd., 07040 Muratpaşa/Antalya

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