A Travel Story : Diyarbakir - Paris of the Southeast Turkiye - Part II

A Travel Story : Diyarbakir - Paris of the Southeast Turkiye - Part II

^{While a child running in front of the Ulu Mosque at night}

1-Diyarbakir Ulu Mosque

Hello Steemian friends,

Diyarbakir is the one of the cities which i wonder about. And when it is said Diyarbakir, it is occasionally known Ulu Mosque because of the its historical importance and also religious importance of the Muslims.

History of Diyarbakir Ulu Mosque

This historical mosque we have been talking about was built during the reign of the Martoma Church, which was the largest temple in the center of the city in 639 during the reign of Prophet Muhammad (r.a.). Afterwards, we received news from the inscriptions that the Great Seljuk ruler Meliksah saw a great reparation in 1091 and that he took his present shape with the alterations and additions many times in various periods. Meliksah, Nisanoğulları and İnal, the rulers of the Great Seljuks, Gıyaseddin Keyhüsrev, the ruler of Anatolian Seljuks, Akkoyunlu ruler Uzun Hasan whispered our history to us in various places in the inscriptions of the inscriptions of the Ottoman sultans and the Artukids.

Importance of Diyarbakir Ulu Mosque

The great value Diyarbakir Ulu (Grand) Mosque, considered as a reflection of the famous Şam Emeviye Mosque of Islamic period to Anatolia, was accepted as the 5th Harem-i Şerifi in the Islamic world. Architectural ornaments, reliefs and inscriptions from different periods on the courtyard-facing facades of the Diyarbakır Ulu Mosque regularly emphasize the feature of the glass.

^{Harem-i Şerif : The Holy Qubes and the bull that are forbidden to enter the infidels and the polytheists, and to kill the living creature.}

P.S : Please don't hesitate about visiting Diyarbakir because of the definition of Harem-i Şerif.Nowadays there is no importance such kind of illogical thoughts.

Architectural Structure of Diyarbakır Ulu Mosque

The Ulu (Grand) Mosque is the largest building community in Diyarbakır, the historical sign that is used as a center of worship in every period of its history. This structure consists of two mosques (the Hanafis and Shafiel sections), two medreses (Chain and Masudiye), eastern-western minarets, maksuresi, ablution houses and a large rectangular courtyard in the middle of all these mosques. The entrance is provided from three separate entrances. The door on the east side is called the main (crown) gate. On both sides of this entrance gate is a relief figure symbolizing the bull fight with lion and embroidered symmetrically. The main entrance gate, which deals with the fighting of two animals, reaches to the courtyard of this building in the form of a very large arch. The plan of the Grand Mosque is rectangular and very columnar. The fountain built with an octagonal plan in the courtyard was built on eight columns.

2-The Minaret with four legs and Şeyh Matar Mosque

This minaret is completely independent of the mosque, and as it is understood from its name, it is a structure built on its own, based on four feet. In the inscription in the minaret of the historical building, 1500 lü of Akkoyunlu Sultanı Kasım It is written that it was built by the Bey. The inspecting ministry is the Akkoyunlu Sultanı Kasım Bey. It is known that in the book which is written on the four-legged minaret, Akkoyunlu Sultan Kasım Bey was ruled during the reign of Suleiman and Hacı Hüseyin, son of Hacı Ömer, was made in 1500 years after passing labor.

Şeyh Matar Mosque

The name of the mosque built right next to the Dôrt-foot minaret is known as Sheikh Matar. It is known that the mosque is also known by this name because of the cemetery belonging to a person named Şeyh Mutahhar in the area where the mosque was made.

The construction of the minaret was made before Islam and it is assumed to be a solid and high artifact. After the conquest, the mosque is built on the side and the minaret is used for the minaret. There is no information on the architecture of the glass. This historic mosque has been built with its own unique stones that have come up to the present time and which is good by the situation. One row of black in the construction and white stones in the other row are designed and applied in the future. It is possible to see stone mimairis, a feature of Southeastern Anatolia, again in this structure. The mosque has a square plan and is built as a single dome. The mihrab with the minbar of the mosque of the mosque is designed very simply. The most important and special structure of the mosque is the minaret. The minaret is not encountered anywhere in Diyarbakir.

Architectural Features of Dört Ayaklı (Four Legged) Minaret

This well-known historic four-legged minaret was built by placing it on four thick and simple columns. The body of the mininaren was made of black and white stones belonging to the region. The body was made of black and white stones. There is also a book on the minaret accompanying the tarihe. minarenin, göddesi karedir and on the balconies are located on the honeycomb. There are four feet as we have said in the important history of Diyarbakır that the four-footed minaret, which protects the place of the special and different. These four feet represent four major sects - shafiams, hanifis, maliki and hanbeli sects. Even in Diyarbakir's structures and historical monuments, brotherhood and unity were taken as bases. They were also pointed out in many different constructions. When we have the opportunity to look up Diyarbakır a little from above, you will see the minarets and churches hiding their bell-shaped structures in the chest and keeping them fit.

3-Surp Giragos Armenian Church

It is located in Balıkçılarbaşı,Özdemir ,in the neighborhood of Şeyh Matar Mosque . It is a church of Orthodox Armenians, according to the Deed Records. It is not known exactly what date the church was built. For the first time in the name of this church was encountered in Poland's Simeon Travelogue between 1610-1615. Among the important works of Armenian architectural history
one of the Church of Surp Giragos is the largest Armenian church in the Middle East. It was restored by the Armenian Patriarch Bedros Vartabet in 1722 and then rebuilt in 1729 by the Armenian architects Sahin, Saruhan and Yarem.
It was completely rebuilt in 1883, although it was completely destroyed in the great fire of June 10, 1881. This historical information has been reached from 9 stone inscriptions placed on the church walls. Until 1960, when the church was used for various purposes as a military depot
then took over the Diyarbakır Armenian Community. Partial repairs on the structure
the original function has been achieved. The church, which has an imposing appearance, lies in the east-west direction. The entrance to the building is provided from the west. The church consists of narthex, naos, women, apsit, bell towers and outbuildings which are not available today. When the first bell-tower of the church was destroyed as a result of lightning strike, an Armenian stone master built a splendid, 29 meter high new building. This new tower is fitted with the bell that the famous Zilciyans revolve. A 24-carat gold cross with a height of 3 meters was placed on top of it, and in 1914 it was destroyed by cannon fire. 1915
the church was used as headquarters by German officers during World War I. It has begun to be used as post-war cloth. The tundra which is now the earth is collapsed. Five of his columns, arches and apses were able to survive. The restoration of the church was completed and the worship was opened by the Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality by the end of 2011.

Dear Steemian friends, i hope you enjoy the the Diyarbakir visit part II.I have made this story in three parts because of the its lenght.Meanwhile if you have questions in your mind about this visit or about Turkiye you can always ask me in discord or you can also make comment so i can try to answer. Have a nice day all of you.!

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