On the picture: The Torumtay Sokağı (Torumtay Street), with its three mausolea.
On the left: a glimpse of the Halifet Gazi Türbesi; on the right: a fly of stairs leading to the ‘Şadgeldi Paşa Türbesi’; and in the middle: the Kadılar Türbesi (Mausoleum of the Judges), dated 1350-1400. It is a mausoleum in the form of an iwan (as is the Şadgeldi Paşa Türbesi), a kind of tomb that is very rare in Turkey. Two of the kind in one shot: that must be unique.

An iwan (Persian & Turkish: ‘eyvān’) is a rectangular hall or space, usually vaulted, walled on three sides, with one end entirely open. This architectural form can be used for entrances, but also (as it is the case here) to create a half open room looking out at a yard. The iwan as used in Anatolia was imported from Islamic Persia, but was invented much earlier and fully developed in Mesopotamia.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: ‘Vakıf Abideler ve eski Eserler’ - Vakıflar Genel Müdürlüğü, Ankara 1983
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