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.
To the right of the entrance, one finds the türbe (tomb) of the builder, with his cenotaph and three others belonging to relatives. This ‘room’ lies up against a northern wall of the mosque, but is open to the east, south and west; two heavy pillars, joined together by arches, carry the small dome. This kind of ‘open türbe’ can also be seen in the Muradiye cemetery in Bursa.

On the picture: The stone cenotaph sarcophagi in the ‘open türbe’.

A cenotaph is an "empty tomb" or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been interred elsewhere. In general, a Turkish türbe has two rooms: an upper room where the cenotaph sarcophagus/sarcophagi were placed to be visited by relatives and followers, and a room beneath where the remains of the deceased were buried.

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