Kara Kadı Cami

Beautiful Mosque

Archaeological mosque of the sixteenth century

One of the most central mosques in Kilis, one of the historical mosques of Kilis.

A small spiritual mosque

One of the most historic mosques in Kilis is the central meeting point of the city, which can be called a meeting point.

The Kadı Mosque, located on Cumhuriyet Caddesi, was built by Ali bin Ahmet Alaeddin er-Rumi, known as "Karakadı", at the beginning of the 16th century. For this reason, the mosque is known as Kadı, Kadıoğlu and Karakadı.

According to the records in the Hurufat Notebooks, the mosque was built by a person named adı Karakadı.. In fact, the mosque with a square plan was later expanded with the repairs (1822, 1878, 1889, 1900, 1938, 1995). The arches in the last congregation place seven buried legs in the middle with one burial foot in the northern corners of the structure. The cross vaults covering the last congregation place on the legs of the feet in the north and consoles in the south. The harim with the feet on which the vaults were mounted was divided into two areas and expanded with the subsequent interventions in the east-west direction. This new section, which was formed to the east and west of the harim, is now used as a mahfil. There are two mihrabs, one on the south side of the harim and one on the south-west side of the harim. The first mihrab, which consists of a sharp arch and a very deep niche, has columnar columns on both sides with mukarnas capitals. The second niche, which consists of a round arched niche, has corner columns on both sides with motifs at the top and bottom. This niche, which has two rows of niches of muqarnas, has floral and geometric motifs under the muqarnas. The pulpit of the mosque, which is quite simple, was built later and is mobile. On all four facades of the structure, there are a total of “18“ üç cherts eden, three of which are fancy and the others are plain. The minaret to the northeast of the courtyard is made of smooth cut stones. The base is square and the upper part is chamfered. The minaret has a long and cylindrical body and its honeycomb is round, its railings are simple and filled with six cheers. It was restored in 2009 by the Regional Directorate of Foundations.