Kuyularonu Mosque

Kuyularonu Mosque
Kuyularönü Camii
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Municipality	Alanya
State	Antalya Province
Country	Turkey
Architecture
Type	mosque
Completed	1471 (old building) February 2006 (current building)

The Kuyularonu Mosque (Turkish: Kuyularönü Camii) is a mosque in Turkey situated in the city of Alanya in the province of Antalya Province.

The original mosque was built in 1471, and had major restorations in 1765 and 1942.^[1] The mosque was demolished in 2005 as part of another restoration. The new structure was opened in February 2006. The opening ceremony was attended by MP Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and a priest.^[2]

The minaret was made out of wood until the 20th century.^[3] The current structure has two floors made out of stone and bricks.^[4] The mihrab in the mosque is 530 cm tall and 440 cm wide.^[5] The Kuyularonu Mosque has approximately 10000 visitors every day, 200 of which are non-local tourists.^[6]

References

Notes

1. Akbas & Er 2014, p. 158.
2. Mustafa Serter, Metehan Öztanır (24 February 2006). "Papaz Alanya'da cami açılışına katıldı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 22 May 2022.
3. "Eski Alanya'da eski Ramazan'lar". Yeni Alanya (in Turkish). 11 April 2022. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
4. Parlak 2011, p. 47.
5. Parlak 2011, p. 48.
6. Yüksel Soylu (22 December 2018). "Bu Çirkin Görüntüye Kim Dur Diyecek?". Gazete Alanya (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 25 February 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2022.

Bibliography

• Akbas, Dian; Er, Lia (2014). Best of Turki (in Indonesian). Elex Media Komputindo. ISBN 9786020239583.
• Parlak, Banu (April 2011). Antalya Cami ve Mescitlerinde Yer Alan Mihraplar (Doctoral) (in Turkish). Erciyes University.