Ayn Minare Cami

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A mosque in the neighborhood

This mosque, located near the Mardin Gate in the south of Diyarbakır, does not have an inscription. However, it is learned from his foundation in 1489 that it was built by Hodja Ahmet. The architect of this mosque, which is the work of the Akkoyunlu period, is unclear. The minaret of the mosque in the courtyard is quite distant from the mosque. To the south of this courtyard is a last congregation place consisting of two columns and wall extensions. The first and third sections of the last congregation place were covered with a dome and the flat roof as the others were destroyed over time. Irregularities were made in the repair of the last congregation place and this place lost its feature. Its minaret is brick and has an octagonal corner.

Without its photograph, no one can say that this mosque is in Diyarbakir. A mysterious mosque.

Ayni Minaret Mosque, A mosque belonging to Akkoyunlu period in Diyarbakır. It is near Mardinkapi; It is learned from his foundation that he was built in 904 (1499) by a charitable owner named Hodja Ahmed. It was built of cut stone. The octagonal minaret is located in the corner of the small, irregular courtyard. Two sides of the last congregation place opened out with two columns and three arches are closed with walls. As a result of the repairs that were not made in accordance with the original, the unity disappeared on the cover of the last congregation place, and the place was partially covered with a dome and partially with irregular vaults. Harim is interesting in terms of architectural development. The transverse rectangular space is covered with cross vaults in the middle and cradle vaults on the sides. There is a five-pointed deep extension to the south and the mihrab niche with muqarnas is located here; this extension section is covered with a vaulted half-dome vault. Although it has a remote plan similarity with the early Ottoman mosques called lodges, side-space or inverted T type, the wing-separating walls are not available here. The smooth stonework of the original sections on the outside and the collection tiles brought inside afterwards attract attention.