Garipler Cami

It is the oldest mosque in Anatolia, built in 1080 by Tokat Fatihi Melik Danişment Gazi.

It is the first Turkish Islamic mosque built in Anatolia.

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The building, which is about 1000 years old, is one of the rare buildings that symbolize our presence in Anatolia. Hıdırlık Bridge, Mahperi Hatun Caravanserai, which should be evaluated in terms of tourism, have challenged the years.

One of the oldest historical buildings of Tokatin, built by Danishmendians, has passed through certain restorations. It really takes the fascinating person to the past. I say, visit and pray.

Tokat Fatihi Melik Danişmend Gazi by XI. It is known that it was built in the last quarter of the century (1080-1090). Garipler Mosque, located in the Pazarcık District of Tokat city center, is popularly known as the Yeşil Minareli Mosque due to the green glazed bricks in its minaret. It is the oldest mosque in Anatolia after the 1071 Malazgirt Victory. It has the same plan type with the Degaron Mosque built by 1040 Karakhanids near Buhara. It was repaired in 2008. Resource Tokat Provincial Directorate of Culture

It is one of the oldest mosques in Tokat and Anatolia and it is located in Pazarcık neighborhood. It rests on the slope of the hill where Tokat Castle is located along the western wall. The building, known as Melik Dânişmend Gazi Mosque in evkaf registers and Câmi-i Melik and Câmi-i Tokat in the title deeds, is known as Garipler Mosque among the people. With the restorations made in recent years, the plan has lost its old features in terms of masonry and ornaments. However, the minaret's brickwork and glazed brick decorations, XIV. century, the first half of the building is the most remarkable parts of the mihrab that survived to the present day. Mosque, Kuyûdât-ı Atîka'da XIV. On page 172 of the Anadolu Vakfiye Book, Seyyid Ali Pasha Foundation numbered 205 is registered with the words “Kubbetü cl-câmii’ş-sherif bi-jâmii Dânişmend Gazi el-Kaine bi-neighborhood-i Yazıcık min medina-i Tokat”. Accordingly, the building was located in the neighborhood formerly known as Yazıcık. A. Gabriel admits that the building was converted from a Christian temple to a mosque. According to historical documents, it was understood that the first mosque was built in 1074 by Danişmend Gazi. It was repaired many times during the Seljuk, İlhanlı and Ottoman periods. The square-shaped building with its sides approaching 20 meters is far from giving a meaningful architectural style with its thick high walls and flat closed exterior mass. The plan has a central character as it is today. The support system defining the middle space is separated from the side spaces by alternating the four pillars and four columns. Thus, the square substructure support system has been raised with pendants at the top of 7.5 m. diameter dome. The dome covered with tiles on the outside gives an archaic feature to the overall mass composition. The side spaces surrounding the domed central space are vaulted and have volumes extending along the walls. Adjacent to the northern wall and shifted to the right of the main axis is 3.5 m. a second dome cover system. This small dome, which is grooved from the inside, accompanies the large dome in the form of a tile-covered protrusion that sits on the outer polygonal pulley. The stone cherts just below the roof today show that the roof was once the earth roof. The fact that the minaret rises from the inside and northeast corner of the building shows that there is a period difference between the minaret and the present main mass. The external brick body expands with the transportation of the knitting units and constitutes an infrastructure for the balcony. The minaret is the most original element that reflects the style of Danishmendli period in terms of its green glazed bricks in the honeycomb section and its general appearance. Although it does not belong to its first construction, the mihrab is one of the oldest parts of the mosque. The surface of the mihrab, framed by a large inscription, is in the form of a recess with a large mucarnassic junction on top and a half-hexagonal niche at the bottom. The bell-shaped column headers, which give the impression of re-use, are quite simple. Completely made of stone mihrab and the verses of the 18th and 19th verses of Al-i Imran, the celî book starts from the right bottom, rises to the top and left side and completes the line. According to the inscription of the master and history written with a smaller stack available at the end of the line, the mihrab is the Messenger of Allah. It was built by Muhammad in Shawwal of 733 (June 1333). Four intertwined columns, slightly tapered arches, and most importantly, the mosque, which has lost several of its features by passing several building cycles as understood from the location of the minaret, have made this oldest monument in Anatolia survive. selcuk mulayim, islamic encyclopedia

It is a work built by Tokat Fatihi Melik Danişment Gazi in 1000-1090. The plans are the same with the Daregon Mosque near Bukhara. It has undergone a detailed repair years later. It is one of the rare mosques on its book.