Faith / Mosque
Balaban Bey (Piltan Bey) Mosque
Kiğı, Bingöl
The oldest surviving mosque in Bingöl, built in Kiğı in the Akkoyunlu period in 1402 according to its entrance inscription, known as the Cami-i Kebir, Pilten (Piltan) Bey and Balaban Bey Mosque.
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Its story
The mosque, in the Eskişehir area north of the Kiğı district center, known as the old Armenian quarter, appears in foundation records as the Cami-i Kebir; it is popularly known as the Pilten Bey or Balaban Bey Mosque. The inscription above the entrance gives its construction date as 1402; the mosque is reported to contain a grave associated with Pir Ali Bey, one of the Akkoyunlu beys. Built of cut stone at the corners and rubble stone elsewhere, the building has horseshoe-arched windows; the mihrab in the wooden-ceilinged interior is decorated with red tulip motifs incised on a green ground. The single-balcony minaret at the northwest corner is of cut stone. The mosque was repaired many times from the 18th century to 2018; gravestones with Ottoman inscriptions can be seen in its courtyard and in the cemetery to the west.
Key facts
- Period
- Akkoyunlu, 1402 (according to the inscription)
- Admission
- Free
- Getting there
- Kiğı district center, Eskişehir area
- Visit duration
- 20–30 minutes
Trip purpose
- Free
- Quiet
Location
39.31640, 40.34928
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://kureansiklopedi.com/tr/detay/bingol-balabanbey-camii-321fc | https://goturkiye.com/bingol/see | https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiğı | https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1376652619