Twin Minaret Madrasa - in Erzurum Türkiye

Beginnings

Hello Dear Friends of Architecture Design Page...

How are you, I hope everyone is well. I haven't been able to share for a long time. Sometimes we may miss our @Ecency shares due to many reasons. Nevertheless, it is nice to continue sharing something here without ever breaking away. When we all feel like we are in a good group, we don't want to leave that place. Sometimes there may be gaps, but the last place we return to is where there are beautiful people.

After starting with my good wishes, I would like to tell you about the "Twin Minaret Madrasa" which I visited recently and is one of the most valuable architectural structures in Turkey.

As we can see in the first photo, the two minarets are slightly different from each other. This difference has been effective in the formation of the story I will tell shortly.

The fine workmanship on the half dome at the entrance and the door columns is excellent.

How is Made

"Double Minaret Madrasa" or "Hatuniye Madrasa" with its less common name; It is estimated that it was built in the late 13th century, before the Ottoman Empire was founded or very close to its foundation. The reason for its name; "Hatuniye" is that it is thought to have been built by Alaeddin Keykubat, one of the last rulers of the Anatolian Seljuk State, in the name of his daughter. In Turkish, the word for women is "hatun", which means a title that means respectable woman, so they gave this name to this madrasa.kulturportali

Legend

There are stories, sometimes real and sometimes legendary, for many structures built throughout history. Because if a structure wants to preserve its value, it becomes more interesting to have its own story. Let me tell you about a simple story about the Twin Minaret Madrasah that is told but not included in any source, only an urban legend that people tell each other on the street. However, I must especially state that since this story is not included in any written source or an internet narrative, I cannot provide a source. The Turkish source for this is a simple event that we hear from one or two people on the street, but it does not have much logic in the framework of cause and effect.

Legend Story

A simple story is told here. "An architect who was known for his successful works in his own time, now wants to get away from the fatigue of his age and the profession. However, he does not want to teach this job to a young architect who is just starting out, but not at his peak. However, even if he takes an apprentice and tries to train him, he cannot find someone who is eager to be successful or talented enough to produce something good. After a while, a young man who is eager but does not yet have the opportunity to do something goes to the old architect and wants to take lessons in architecture. While no one, including the old architect, can see any good in him at first, the young apprentice shows that he is hardworking and talented by working hard. He says that he wants to work on a good work now. His master, in other words, as required by the task given, puts forward the following condition to his apprentice for the Twin Minaret Madrasa: Two minarets will be built for the madrasa, and if the minaret the apprentice builds is better than the master's minaret, the master will quit this profession. As a result, since the minaret built by the younger one out of the two minarets built is better than the master's minaret, the master architect thinks that his talent is over and commits suicide by jumping off the minaret."

As you will notice while reading this story, it seems illogical that the master architect would kill himself at the end of the story. Because his aim was to leave this vision to someone else in good condition and retire. As I mentioned before, many structures in the world may need a legend to keep people's attention.

For What

The architecture of the Twin Minaret Madrasah is one of the most important and perfect works of the period. Especially when you examine the outer door carvings carefully, you will notice how finely crafted they were.

The old period madrasahs were not only used for teaching classes, but also as a hospital for students studying medicine, especially a mental hospital where mental illnesses were treated with water and music, or a university that focused on different branches of science such as architectural geometry.

Thanks

I tried to tell you about the Twin Minaret Madrasa in #Erzurum, located in the east of Turkey, as much as I could. I would like to thank #Ecency and #Hive platforms, which provide us with the opportunity to share on many different topics.

I would also like to thank #ArthitectureDesign, which has the most interaction on this platform.

Let's continue with many beautiful sharings.

@oneplanet @favian

All photos taken by me. Realme 13 Pro

Translation source: Google Translate

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