Isa Bey Mosque, Selcuk, Izmir, Turkey

Isa Bey Mosque, built 1374-5, with the Ayaslug Hills in the distance, Selcuk, near Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. The mosque was built in Seljuk style under the Emir of Aydin in honour of the Aydinid Isa Bey. Here we see the courtyard of the mosque with its Classical columns, the brick minaret, which is ruined above its balcony level, and the main building of the mosque with its 2 domes. Columns and stones from the ruins of the nearby Greek and Roman city of Ephesus and the Temple of Artemis were incorporated into the building's interior and exterior. The mosque was restored in 1934. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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