Yılanlı Mosque

The mosque was built in 1272 in a rectangular shaped built of rubble stone. The mosque’s wooden roof is covered with tiles, and the minaret's pedestal is made out of cut stone; as for the body, on the other hand, is made out of bricks. The building was rebuilt after burning down in 1937. Mosque and its Complex are one of the hallmarks of Turkish-Islamic civilization founded on these soils 8 centuries ago. The inscription of the Yılanlı Complex (Yılanlı Külliyesi) indicates that it was built during the last period of the Anatolian Seljuq Empire (1273). The structure which contained a mosque, a fountain, tombs, and a mansion during Ottoman period, served as a Faculty of Medicine and thus was called “Dar al-Shifa” (House of Healing) during the Seljukian and Ottoman eras.  This was the place of professional education in the realm of medicine.