Sultan II. Beyazit Mosque & Theological College

II. Bayezid Complex was built between 1481-1486 by the Governor of Amasya, Prince Ahmet, by his father, Sultan II. It was built in the name of Bayezid. The architect of the building, which was built as a complex consisting of a mosque, madrasah, imaret and fountain, is Şemseddin Ahmet. The tomb of Şehzade Osman, the son of Şehzade Ahmet, who died at a young age, located in the southeast corner of the mosque was later clad in the building. The mosque, which is one of the most beautiful examples of the architecture of the mosque with a side or angular structure, consists of two square rooms separated by a large arch in the middle and three domed side spaces on the east and west sides. The central space is covered by two large domes with 16 windows on their octagonal pulleys. The interior of the dome and the top of the window arches are decorated with rich pencil work. Wooden window wings, 15th century. It is one of the best examples of wooden kundekari technique. The last congregation place in the north is covered with five domes carried by five pointed arches resting on six round marble columns. The window tops in the narthex are decorated with blue and white tile panels. Of the two minarets with a single balcony rising at both ends of this place, the body of the left one is vertically grooved, and the body of the right one is decorated with zigzag stone. Calligrapher Sheikh Hamdullah wrote the three-line marble inscription on the magnificent crown door of the mosque with muqarnas decoration. The 12-sided fountain in the middle of the courtyard is covered by a 12-sided pointed pyramid roof supported by 12 columns. There is a "U" planned madrasa to the west of the mosque. Built adjacent to the western wall of the courtyard surrounding the complex, the madrasa consists of a large courtyard in the middle, domed porches around the courtyard and student cells behind them. Opposite the northern entrance door, there is a square planned classroom covered with an octagonal drum dome. Sultaniye Madrasa, which Evliya Çelebi describes as the most decorated and well-kept of ten madrasas in Amasya, has been used as the Provincial Public Library since 1922. “L” planned Imaret is to the east of the mosque. The main rectangular spaces of the imaret are covered with vaults. In front of these spaces, there are porticos covered with small domes on the faces of the Imaret facing the mosque. The large rectangular hall of the imarethane today houses the Model Amasya Museum. The small, single-storey, square-planned building located in the northwest of the mosque, close to the Medrese, is the timing room where prayer times are determined according to the position of the sun. There are hand-drawn works around the windows on the north and south facades of the timing room, whose interior walls and ceiling are decorated with hand-painted decorations. Muvakkithane was built in 1842 by Hacı Hüseyin Efendi. Plane trees on both sides of the fountain in front of the mosque were planted here during the construction of the mosque, casting their shadow on the mosque garden for more than 500 years.

Its construction started in 1481 and was completed in 1485. However, the mosque has recently undergone a 3-year restoration. The mosque does not have a separate courtyard. It is intertwined with the madrasa and soup kitchen. The mosque was built with a "T" plan. There are three introductions. All in a courtyard Sultan II. It forms the Beyazıt Complex. In short, it appears as an example of the magnificent works of the Ottoman Empire.