Suleymaniye Mosque

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Level 13 Local Expert

Very rude staff. If tourists not welcomed just close it for us. It's not a reason to be rude.

Level 16 Local Expert

A standard mosque in the mountains, admission is free. There are shawls and dresses to put on. They take off their shoes on the threshold. Inside there are shelves with korans in different languages: Turkish, English and German.

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ЛЮБОВЬ Николаевна

Level 10 Local Expert

You can wear a skirt, a dress, a scarf on the street. There is a place to wash, go to the toilet. A small mosque, fenced inside, a passage of one meter. There are carpets on the floor and a chandelier in the center and that's it.

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Гульнур В.

Level 7 Local Expert

A place of power, a very pleasant place, even just to sit inside, think about your life. Those who know how to perform prayer, then the places for washing everything works. Well done for keeping the mosque clean and preserved!

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Ксения Лихотина

Level 9 Local Expert

The ancient mosque was destroyed, but rebuilt during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent. A place of power and spirituality

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Никита

Level 23 Local Expert

A mosque with a long history. I recommend watching it. There is a cool observation deck behind the mosque.

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Юлия Соболева

Level 8 Local Expert

It's a very interesting place. I recommend a visit.

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Александра Макарова

Level 12 Local Expert

Small and very beautiful. The place is gorgeous. Recommendations 👌 😊

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Славные истории

Level 16 Local Expert

The ancient abode of the Islamic religion. The building that we see now dates back to the 16th century and, after renovation in 2021, it functions again for its intended purpose: 5 times a day, the voice of the muezzin singing ezan can be heard from here, worshippers come here, many pilgrims come. During the "high" holiday season, it is very crowded here: Arab and Turkish tourists worship one of the oldest mosques in the region, visitors who are not religiously inclined take photos, get acquainted with Ottoman architecture or just relax from the heat in the shady courtyard at the mosque. The first mosque on this site was built at the behest of the Seljuk Sultan Allayetdin Keykubat in the 13th century, immediately after the Byzantine fortress, inside the second tier of which a Muslim shrine was built, came under the rule of the first followers of the teachings of Mohammed, who began to rule in the territories occupied by modern Turkish Alanya. A strong earthquake destroyed a building from the time of Keikubat. The Ottomans, whose center of state was in Bursa, despite the fact that Alanya (then Alaye) lost the status of the winter sultan's residence, did not leave the damaged mosque unattended and eventually (in the 16th century) erected the building that is now. Women can enter without taking off their shoes, covering their heads and legs with handkerchiefs (which can be taken at the entrance). Believers who come to prayer must perform ablution (hands, feet, face), if not at home, then in a specially equipped fountain ("abdestan") next to the main religious building... the architecture of the mosque is beautiful, strict, restrained, powerful, ancient. See the photo. From the foot of the historical peninsula, you can get to this place by the Alanya cable car, by car and just on foot (in the heat, I do not recommend hiking). Next to the Suleymaniye Mosque there are several small museums, many cafes and, of course, the magnificent Alanya fortress, inside which this landmark stands. So, this place is a meeting point for Muslim pilgrims, as well as an interesting attraction that creates the appearance of the museum of the Alanya fortress, one of the interesting historical finds for tourists, residents and guests of the city walking around the ancient fortress.

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