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22-JUN-2011

Amasya june 2011 7650.jpg

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The Yörgüç Paşa Camii was built in 1428, on initiative of Yörgüç Paşa, a Beylerbeyi (= ‘Commander of commanders’, this means: regional governor) and vizier of sultan Murat II. It was restored in 1976.
The building is early-Ottoman, with a ‘reversed T’ ground plan.

On the picture: The mosque seen from the southwest. This shot reveals what is meant by ‘reverse T’: if you approach from behind (this is: from the south), the ground plan shows a normal ‘ T ‘. If you look to the mosque’s façade (on the north side) that T-shape ground plan is upside down (= reverse).

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

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