Murat Pasha Mosque

Murat Pasha Mosque, which creates integrity with all the other architectural artifacts around it and makes feel as if going around in a complex, has been defying time since 1573. The mosque built in 1573 by Kuyucu Murat Pasha, one of the Sultan II. Selim’s Pasha, in Ottoman Empire. It takes the name of the founder. The tomb of Nene Hatun, which is right next to it, the Tomb of Ahmediye Madrasah and the mosque, which forms a complete integrity with the bath, makes people feel as if they are wandering around the complex. The work, which is one of the most well-known and most visited religious structures of Erzurum, is also very important for the religious tourism of the city. Murat Pasha Mosque, which is one of the most frequented places in the city by all local and foreign tourists, especially in terms of ease of transportation in the center of the city, also affects those who see it with its imposing beauty in the classical Ottoman period architectural style. Each corner of the mosque, decorated with the art of 'mukarnas' decoration consisting of geometric shapes, smells art. Murat Pasha Mosque, which evokes the feeling that you are passing through a door that opens to the 16th century at the entrance, also amazes itself with its decorations made with the most beautiful tone of turquoise in it.