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The mosque was built in 1638 by a Turkmen landowner, Mustafa Aga. In addition to the mosque, the individual dervish cells, the "semahane" (a building where the dervishes perform their whirling spiritual dance), sitting rooms for the dervishes, toilet facilities, pools and a small minaret make up this group of structures. In 1901-1903, a fire destroyed a large part of the buildings, but they were rebuilt by the leader of the Mevlevi order at the time, Sheik Mehmet Münip Effendi.
The mosque is square in design and is covered by a single dome which sits on a polygonal base above four columns. The praying portico of the mosque is covered by a flat roof. The courtyard, constructed with two colours of cut-stone, can be accessed from two doorways. The main entrance to the mosque is an obtuse arched doorway.
The minaret, rising above the doorway from the mosque to the courtyard, attracts attention due to the road passing beneath it. The cut-stone body of the minaret is circular, with a lattice design gallery.
Source: The Project to Develop Cultural Infrastructure and Promote Interregional Tourism in Gaziantep, Kilis and Aleppo
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