Dörtayaklı Minare

One of the landmarks of Diyarbakir.

Restoration work continues..it will probably be more beautiful..

The 4-Legged Minaret, which is located in Diyarbakır's Sur District and symbolizes the 4 sects of Islam, suffered great damage in the conflict. Şeyh Mutahhar Mosque in Fatihpaşa Mahallesi, which is the subject of books under the name of 'Gavur Mahallesi', where religions and languages ​​lived together in tolerance, after the historical Kurşunlu mosque in the Saraykapı Neighborhood of the central Sur District of Diyarbakır, which is included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List. 's 4-Legged Minaret was the target of bullets in the clashes. The two legs of the 4-Legged Minaret, which was built on 4 pillars symbolizing the Hanafi, Shaafi, Hambeli and Maliki sects of Islam by the Akkoyunlu Sultan Kasım Bey in 1500, and which is unique in the world, were heavily damaged by the bullets hitting the two legs of the conflict last night. The two legs of the minaret, which is one of the first historical artifacts that local and foreign tourists visiting Diyarbakır go to see, were destroyed by bullets. The four-legged minaret of the Sheikh mutahhar Mosque, built by Akkoyunlu Kasım Khan, is one of the interesting monuments built on four monolithic columns. Kasım in the Balıkçılarbaşı district is also called the sultan. The mosque got this name because it was built on the land where the tomb of Sheikh Mutahhar is located. In the inscription on its minaret, it is written that the mosque was built in 1500 during the time of the Akkoyunlu sultan Kasım Bey. With its square architecture sitting on capitals with 4 plain columns, it is the only example among Anatolian mosques.

An extraordinary place with a historical multicultural and religious richness and a wonderful mosque architecture.

"Sheikh Mutahhar Mosque (Four-Legged Minaret) - Diyarbakir Sheikh Mutahhar Mosque, which was built by Akkoyunlu Kasım Bey in 1500, is one of the interesting monuments with its minaret built on four columns. The mosque is made of rows of black and white stones." Quote from the Ministry of Culture.

The minaret, which has this interesting architecture, has survived to this day intact on 4 feet for more than 500 years. It was built in the years just before Yavuz Sultan Selim conquered Egypt. So it was made in the early 1500s. It was Kasım Han, the ruler of Akkoyunlu, who built the mosque and minaret. The name of this temple worth seeing is Sheikh Mutahhar Mosque. People of Diyarbakır call it "Sheikh Matar Mosque". It is known that this name was given because it was built on the place where the grave of a person named Sheikh Mutahhar is located. The minaret of Sheikh Matar Mosque, which still stands on four pillars, is the only one of its kind. There is no such minaret in Turkey.