TURBE OF YAHYA EFENDİ

Yahya Efendi, one of the most important scholars, poets and sufis of the 16th century, was born in 1495. His father was Sami Ömer Efendi and his mother was Afife Hatun. It is stated in the references that Afife Hatun breastfed Shahzadah Süleyman (Kanuni SultanSüleyman) and Yahya Efendi and Kanuni Sultan Süleyman were “milkbrothers”. Yahya … Read more

MAUSOLEUM OF HUMA HATUN

Its three-line epitaph board written in Arabic states that the construction of this mausoleum was ordered by Murad II, and built in 853 A.H. (1449) by his son, Mehmed the Conqueror, for his mother, Huma Hatun. It is also known as “Ak Turbe” (“The White Mausoleum”), or “Hatuniye Turbesi” (“Hatuniye Mausoleum”). Murad II Han Mausoleum … Read more

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