The Azeriler Camii & Türbesi (‘Mosque and mausoleum of the Azeris’) has a 16th century look. Nevertheless it was built in the 19th century; the construction began in1887, and was completed in 1895. The complex was erected by the first immigrants from the Caucasus, that arrived in Amasya, after fleeing their native country due to the Russian expansion.

The Azerbaijanis / Azeris are a Turkic-speaking ethnic group living mainly in the two Azerbaijans (the Republic of Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan), as well as in neighboring states. They live in a wider area from the Caucasus to the Iranian plateau. Despite living on two sides of several international borders, the Azeris form a single ethnic group. Their language unifies them, and is mutually intelligible with Turkmen, Qashqai, Gagauz, Turkish, and the dialects spoken by the Iraqi Turkmen, all of which belong to the Oghuz, or Western, group of Turkic languages.
On the picture: The mosque seen from the north. On its left, contiguous to the prayer hall lies the large Türbe, where the immigrants’ religious leaders are buried: Şeyh Hacı Hamza and Mir Hasan Efendi.

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