İzzettinşir Cami

It is located in the Hişet District of Gevaş. It is accepted that it was built by the Van and Hakkari Judge İzzettin Şir. It is generally dated to the 14th and 15th centuries. Through a portal located in the northern part of the western façade of the building, there is access to the madrasa courtyard, and from there to the mosque through a second door.

It's a shame. When a historical artifact is being restored, how much is it worth it for the building? The structure is exquisite. It smells like history when you look from the outside. When you enter inside, one's face is struck by the favored contractor's arrogance and disrespect. How many centuries is it for God's sake to hammer concrete nails and crochet into walls and run a cable over the top? The carpets are lousy, the walls look like they haven't been cleaned but painted with oil paint. It's a pity!

It is located in the Hişet District of Gevaş. Although there is no inscription about its construction on it, it is accepted that it was built by Izzettin Şir, the Judge of Van and Hakkari. It is generally dated to the XIV-XV centuries. The building consists of a square planned mosque and a madrasa adjacent to its northern wall. From a portal located in the northern part of the western facade of the building, one passes to the courtyard of the madrasa and from here to the mosque through a second door. The mosque is domed in front of the mihrab and has two naves. The nave in the north are covered with transverse barrel vaults. The sections on both sides of the dome are considered as vertically barrel vaulted spaces. There is a five-sided mihrab niche in the middle of the qibla wall. Smooth cut stone material was used in the building. The minaret in the middle of the west facade has been added today.

The mosque reflects the architecture of the Seljuk period which has a tranquil appearance and it will be more pleasant to remove the artifacts that disrupt the visuality of this structure. This mosque, which still serves as a Quran course, is worth seeing if your path has fallen to Gevaş.

The minaret is a very full subject, it cannot be fodder for a fantasy that can be said to have been done. The baseless products and their architects, who claim to have built a factory chimney and minaret disguised as a toothpick, by sewing sticks and prisms, and their architects, will apologize for this product and the architect of this noble civilization when they find the wisdom.

There is a decent mosque, a clean toilet, a mosque that I like in Gevaş, where we have to enter, and a kindergarten for children in its inner courtyard. Its mystical air and acoustics are very good. After the restoration, it has been very good.

Reflects Seljuk architecture, similar to Byzantine works

The structure and architecture of the mosque is really beautiful, but although it is a historical mosque, it is very neglected, the door of one of the rooms in it was not locked, so I could see one of them. They used that room as a coal burner, the room was full of wood garbage, the walls were all covered with spider webs, the windows were incredibly dirty. Although it is a historical mosque, this neglect made me very sad. The mosque is really beautiful; its mosque, its structure, its minaret are all wonderful. But inside is awful, no interest. I hope the mosque will be taken care of soon.