Antalya Mevlevi Lodge
A Seljuk-period lodge in Kaleiçi, Antalya, set inside the Yivli Minaret complex; its domed ceremony hall, six dervish cells, bath and two tombs now make up the Mevlevi Lodge Museum.
Historic buildings
Historic buildings in Turkey
Historic buildings and complexes.
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Fethiye Museum (Pammakaristos)
Pammakaristos
The Byzantine Pammakaristos monastery church in Istanbul's Fatih district: seat of the Patriarchate, later a mosque, with a side chapel of 14th-century mosaics now a museum.
Galata Mevlevi Lodge
Kulekapısı Mevlevihanesi, Galip Dede Tekkesi
The Galata Mevlevi Lodge near Tünel in Beyoğlu, founded in 1491, is the oldest Mevlevi lodge in Istanbul; its octagonal sema hall has been a museum since 1975.
Hacıbektaş Dervish Lodge
Hacı Bektaş-ı Veli Külliyesi, Hacıbektaş Museum
At Hacıbektaş in Nevşehir, the lodge founded by Hacı Bektaş Veli grew into a three-courtyard complex, used as a museum since 1964.
UNESCO
Hagia Sophia
Megale Ekklesia, Hagia Sophia, Ayasofya-i Kebir Camii Şerifi
Hagia Sophia in Sultanahmet, built for Justinian in 532-537, served 916 years as a church, then as a mosque, a museum from 1934 to 2020, and a mosque again; part of the Historic Areas of Istanbul.
Mevlana Dervish Lodge
Mevlana Museum, Konya Asar-ı Atika Museum
The Mevlana Lodge in Konya, built on a former Seljuk rose garden, is the Mevlevi complex that grew around Rumi's tomb of 1274 and is now run as a museum.
Nuruosmaniye Complex
Nur-ı Osmani Mosque
The Nuruosmaniye Complex by the Grand Bazaar (1749-1755) is a clear example of Ottoman baroque, with a semicircular courtyard; it has been on UNESCO's tentative list since 2016.
Sinop Historic Prison
Inside the Seljuk inner castle of Sinop Castle, a prison of the 1880s with 28 wards was long called Anatolia's Alcatraz; it is now a museum and held figures such as Sabahattin Ali.