Alanya Kale (Süleymaniye) Camii

About Alanya Kale (Süleymaniye) Camii

Alanya Kale (Süleymaniye) Camii is a historic mosque in Hisariçi Mahallesi, within Alanya Castle. Its present form was built in the 16th century under the Ottoman Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent, and the first mosque on the site dates to 1231, in the reign of the Seljuk Sultan Alaaddin Keykubat. The single prayer hall is covered by a dome, and the late-comers porch on the north side has three small domes. The domes are built of brick and the walls partly of brick and partly of squared stone. A cistern stands at the north-east corner with a covered ablution area beside it. The wooden minbar, preaching chair, window shutters and door carry plant motifs and verses from the Quran. The minaret at the north-west corner collapsed in 1886 and was rebuilt in 1955.