This minaret was built by the Seljuks in the 13th century, making it one of the city’s earliest Islamic structures. It stands independent from the Yivli Minaret Mosque, which gives it its name. The minaret consists of the pulpit, transition segment, drum, shaft, balcony, honeycomb gallery, and spire. The most important part is the shaft, which consists of eight fluted segments.

The near-square prismatic pulpit is built of nine rows of ashlars. There is a bricked section in the transition from the pulpit to the octagonal transition segment above. The joints of the octagon have been reinforced with semicircular flanges and blind niches on each face. Further up is a cylindrical drum and a cylindrical shaft surrounded by eight flutes. Two rows of muqarnas-like triangular components are finished with a flat molding underneath the balcony. The balcony railing comprises vertical rows of marble plaques in a zigzag pattern. The cylindrical honeycomb gallery above the balcony is narrower than the shaft. A door in the southeast provides access to the balcony. The spire above the honeycomb gallery is coated with lead.

The entrance to the minaret is provided through a door opening on the north façade of the pulpit. It has a stone-core structure surrounded by a staircase with 88 steps.

There is an inscription in the east niche and geometric tile mosaics in the north niche of the transition segment. The remains of the tile mosaic, possibly parts of a Cufic script, in the east of the pulpit, and the remains of the turquoise-glazed tile mosaic on the shaft are worth mentioning.