Tomb of Sheikh Sinan
| Name of the Structure | Tomb of Sheikh Sinan |
| Category | Tomb |
| Period | Ottoman |
| Current Condition | It still functions as a turbah today. |
| Construction Date | 16th century? |
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| Location / Address | Çaybaşı, 07100 Muratpaşa/Antalya |
The tomb is located in the garden of the Şeyh Sinan Mosque. It has a square plan and a tiled roof. The windows are built of ashlar and have depressed arches. There are three adjacent inscriptions on the south façade of the tomb. The inscription in the middle is the earliest dated one. Dated 1590/1591, it contains the 57th Verse from the Al-Ankabut Surah of the Quran. The other inscription indicates the name of the tomb and writes that Osman Pasha repaired it in 1837/1838. The inscription dated 1918/1919 records the name Emin Agha, son of Halil Agha from the Emin Agha family of Akseki’s Boğaz Neighborhood.
Referans
K. Turfan, 1955 Yılı Antalya Merkez Eski Eser Fişleri. Antalya 1955, no. 62a.
Türkiye’de Vakıf Abideler ve Eski Eserler (I), Vakıflar Genel Müdürlüğü Yayınları, 1983, 547-549.
L. Yılmaz – K. Tuzcu, Antalya’da Türk Dönemi Kitabeleri, Haarlem 2010, 222; 247-249; 261-262.
O. Kunduracı, “Şeyh Sinan Camii,” Ahilik Ansiklopedisi, Cilt II, Ankara 2016, 289.