Konya: Places to Visit

UNESCO World Heritage timber-roofed hypostyle mosque featuring forty-eight monumental cedarwood columns, central snow well (karlık), and an interlocking kündekâri walnut minbar.

Architectural monograph on Zazadin Han (Sadeddin Han), commissioned between 1235 and 1237 by the Seljuk chief architect and vizier Sa'd al-Din Köpek, featuring its dual monumental portals, elevated gateway mosque, and two-tone ablaq masonry.

Built in the 13th century by the Eşrefoğlu Beylik, this Seljuk-era mosque in Beyşehir features wooden columns and glazed tile decorations and stonework.

A Seljuk madrasa exemplar with its fîrûze and lâcivert mosaic-glazed dome, yelpaz pandantifs, and two-colored marble gateway, constructed in 1251 by Celâleddin Karatay during the reign of Sultan II. İzzeddin Keykâvus.

The 380-kilometer Silk Road route from the wooden-pillared Eşrefoğlu Mosque on the shores of Lake Beyşehir to Aksaray Sultan Han, thence to Kayseri’s Döner Kümbet and Karatay Han.

Built by Seljuk ruler Alaeddin Keykubad I (1226-1236), Kubadabad Palace on Beyşehir Lake’s western shore showcases intricate tilework, a testament to architecture.

A Seljuk dârülhadis masterpiece commissioned by Vizier Sâhib Ata Fahreddin Ali from architect Kölük b. Abdullah, distinguished by its monumental portal inscribed with the Surahs of Feth and Yâsîn, and its glazed brick minaret with secret compartments.