Faith / Mosque
Sungur Bey Mosque
Pertek, Tunceli
A single-domed mosque built in the 16th century, moved from old Pertek to the new district center because of the Keban Dam by numbering and dismantling its stones.
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Its story
The building, also known as the Baysungur Mosque and the Yukarı (Upper) Mosque, was commissioned in the second half of the 16th century by Sungur Bey, the bey of Pertek; the TDV Encyclopedia of Islam gives the date 1577. The mosque was in old Pertek, which today lies beneath the Keban Dam Lake. Before the dam waters rose, in a joint effort by the General Directorate of Foundations and Middle East Technical University, its stones were numbered one by one and dismantled, and it was re-erected with its original stones in newly founded Pertek; these numbers can still be seen on the stones today. It consists of a square-plan, single-domed prayer hall with an octagonal drum, a narthex with three small domes and a single-balcony minaret. Two-colored stone is used in the narthex and minaret, and careful stonework is applied to the door and mihrab.
Key facts
- Period
- Ottoman, 1577; moved and rebuilt in the 1970s
- Admission
- Free
- Getting there
- Pertek, İskele Caddesi
- Visit duration
- 20 minutes
Trip purpose
- Free
- Photography
Location
38.86730, 39.32026
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertek_Sungur_Bey_Camii | https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/tunceli#2-mimari | https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/301756825