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Eşrefoğlu Mosque

Also known as Eşrefoğlu Süleyman Bey Mosque

The Eşrefoğlu Mosque in Beyşehir, central Turkey, was built in 1296–1299 by Süleyman Bey of the Eshrefid beylik. Its prayer hall has a forest of carved cedar columns supporting a flat wooden roof, with painted ceilings, tiled mihrab and carved fittings, and it is among the finest surviving wooden mosques. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage listing of wooden hypostyle mosques of medieval Anatolia.

Eşrefoğlu Mosque
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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Eşrefoğlu Mosque. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/esrefoglu-mosque
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“Eşrefoğlu Mosque.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/esrefoglu-mosque. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Eşrefoğlu Mosque.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/esrefoglu-mosque.
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