Atabeygazi Cami

It is located under the castle in Atabeygazi District. Another name of the mosque is Kırkdirekli mosque. Because there are a total of 40 poles on the lower and upper floors. The mosque is made of interlocking wood without nails. After the castle was taken from the Byzantines, the first Friday prayer was performed in this mosque. That is why it is a mosque of conquest and the sermon is reached with the sword. Before it was conquered, this was the church.

Kastamonu's historical conquest mosque.

Fortunately we got to the castle on foot. We noticed the works that will keep the history alive in the side streets. The classical early Anatolian architecture clinging to the slope from the outside, the wooden style of the same architecture from the inside, the right, left balconies and the rear loft of the upper floor were magnificent. We had the opportunity to take a break towards the castle and cool off in the fountain with the fountain in front of it.

Atabey Muzaffereddin Yavlak was built by Aslan Bey in 1273 in the second half of the 13th century. It is the oldest known mosque in the city. The walls are made of cut and rubble stone. There are 40 pillars on the wooden ceiling. For this reason, among the public "Forty-Direkli Mosque" is also called. It is estimated that the fortress was taken from the Byzantines on Friday and the first Friday prayer was held here. Such mosques are called "Fatah Mosque" in the Turkish Islamic tradition. It is known that Emir Hüsamettin Çoban Bey, the Seljuk Atabeyi, was read in Kastamonu, which he conquered from the Byzantines in 1273, by the sword of the sermon on the minbar he had opened during his first Friday prayers. Today, the tradition of giving sermons by Friday and Eid prayer sermons is continuing. It was repaired in 1800, 1871, 2009.

It was the oldest mosque of Kastamonu. Hüsamettin Shepherd Bey, who conquered Kastamonu, immediately built this mosque on the foothills of the castle in 1273, and as a symbol of the conquest, he came out with a sword in every Friday sermon and this tradition was continued in the following years. The reason why the mosque is known as forty pillars is that 40 wooden poles carry the place of worship. This is the most important feature that makes it different from other mosques. It is one of our rare mosques to see.

Atabeygazi Mosque from Kastamonu Castle | It is the oldest known mosque in the city. It was built by Atabey Muzaffereddin Yavlak Aslan Bey in 1273 in the second half of the 13th century. The walls are made of cut and rubble stone. It has a wooden ceiling resting on 40 pillars. For this reason, it is also called the "Forty Mast Mosque" among the people.

It is one of the oldest mosques of Kastamonu, built in the 1200s. The teacher comes out with a sword to the Friday sermon.

It is a typical multi-legged mosque belonging to the Principalities period. It is also known as Kırkdirekli in the local language. It is surrounded by a masonry cut stone wall and the carrier top cover and legs are built from wooden poles. Its position dominating the city on the hill and its relationship with the castle is enormous.