Karakaş Cami

Its architect is Turgut Cansever. The building has undergone many changes that started in the first project phase. The designed minaret was built instead of the present one. Serious damage has been seen, such as led lighting, many cheesy additions have been made. But it usually resembles the original state. The courtyard is a wonderful work in terms of location, material preferences and many architectural concepts.

A very beautiful work that smells of history

The mosque was built by the great architect Turgut Cansever in the fortress of Antalya based on the architecture of the Western Anatolian Principalities in 1991, but was opened for worship in 2003.

A clean and well-maintained place of worship

Uğur Tanyeli, in one of the interviews held as part of the 'Turgut Cansever: The Thinker and the Architect' exhibition series, the design dilemmas described by Turgut Cansever as 'putting the dome on the ground' and a critical opening on the general trends in 'modern mosque' architecture through the architect's Karakaş Mosque example. it provides: "Turgut Cansever's Karakaş Mosque in Antalya has gone unnoticed; it even seems to me as a carefully overlooked structure. The reason is this: It is a structure that we can call historicist in everything. It uses traditional technology and traditional plan scheme to a large extent. You may even think that you are dealing with a Western Anatolian Principalities Period structure built in the late 14th century. It is such a historicist structure! On the other hand, this historicist structure is being built on the ground of serious cultural criticism.

April 29, 2018 I was here. Karakaş Mosque is located in the city center of Antalya, right across the Hadrian Gate. It is estimated that the mosque was first built in the 14th century. It was repaired in 1950, preserving its minaret and wooden door, it was completely demolished in 1990, and rebuilt between 1992 and 2003 according to the project of architect Turgut Cansever. The facade walls of the mosque, which is built on a rectangular plan, are built of small crushed stones. The most striking decoration of the place of worship is the hexagonal coverings in black, dark blue and blue. The top cover of the place of worship consists of a central dome resting on an octagonal drum and two small domes on each side of the dome. The domes are covered with Turkish style tiles and there is an octagonal lighthouse on them. The domes are supported by eight support poles connected to each other by sharp arches, two of which are in the shape of elephant feet. Transitions to the dome were made with modern Turkish triangles.

The mosque, which is estimated to have been built in the 14th century, is right across Hadriyan's gate. The destroyed mosque was rebuilt in 2003.