Kesik Minare

The Kesik Minare Cami (Broken Minaret Mosque), Korkut Cami or Cumanın Cami standing in the streets of Kaleiçi (Old

consecrated a church again, only to become a mosque once more during the rule of Şehzade Korkut, son of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II

. The main building was destroyed in a fire in 1800, but the surviving minaret, located today on Kaleiçi Hespçi Street, is known as the Kesik Minare.

Restoration work began in 2018.[1] In 2019 the top cone and roof were restored. The structure officially reopened as a mosque in 2021 on 5 March, the day Antalya was conquered by the Seljuk Empire. It welcomed worshippers for the first time in nearly 125 years.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Mosque, symbol of Antalya's conquest, being restored". June 24, 2017.
^ "Historical Şehzade Korkut Mosque in Antalya to regain former glory". Daily Sabah. 17 August 2020.
^ "Şehzade Korkut Camii yeniden ayağa kalkıyor".

[1] "Mosque, symbol of Antalya's conquest, being restored". June 24, 2017.

[2] "Historical Şehzade Korkut Mosque in Antalya to regain former glory". Daily Sabah. 17 August 2020.

[3] "Şehzade Korkut Camii yeniden ayağa kalkıyor".

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