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İsa Bey Mosque
Summary
The İsa Bey Mosque (İsa Bey Camii), constructed in 1374–75, is one of the oldest and most impressive works of architectural art remaining from the Anatolian beyliks. The mosque is situated on the outskirts of the Ayasluğ Hills at Selçuk, İzmir.
It was built by the architect, 'Ali b. Mushaimish Dımışklıoğlu, in honor of the Aydinid Isa Bey. The plans for the mosque are based on the Great Mosque of Damascus.
By 1829, the mosque was in ruins and by 1842 the minaret had fallen down. In the 19th century, it was also used as a caravanserai. There is an octagonal Seljuk türbe made of stone and bricks, with a pyramid shaped roof, right next to the mosque.
The mosque has two main entrances, to the east and to the west and contains a fountain court. The western wall has inscriptions and geometric shapes engraved. These walls are covered with marble, whereas the façades on the remaining sides are made of cut stone. It is built asymmetrically on a base. The rims of its domes, with diameters of and , are decorated with İznik (Nicaea) tiles. Twelve round columns stand inside its courtyard encircled with porches. Its brick minaret is built on an octagonal base, and the upper part from the balcony is ruined. The mosque had another minaret on the west, which is totally destroyed now. The mihrab (niche or altar) was moved to another mosque, due to a door opened there.
File:Isa Bey Mosque Exterior.jpg|Isa Bey Mosque Exterior view
File:IsabeySelcukToraußen1.jpg|Entrance of the courtyard
File:IsabeySelcukEingangGebetsraum.jpg|Entrance of the mosque
File:Selcuk 3.jpg|Interior of the mosque
File:Ephesos Ayasoluk Isa Bey Mosque.
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