Gok Madrasa - Sivas - Architecture in Turkey

Gok Madrasa - Seljuk Period

The Gok Madrasa One of the Madrasa Built-in Sivas in 1271. Gok Madrasa is 13th-century Madrasa. The Architect was Madrasa was Kaluytan under the order of, Seljuk Grand Vizir,  Vizir Sahip Ata. The actual name of the Madrasa is ''Sahabiye'' which is referring to Sahip Ata. But it Generally Known as Gok Madrasa. It is an Islamic Educational Institution. Gok Madrasa is One of the best Architecture in Turkey.

Gok Madrasa

History :

                      The Madrasa was Built facing a rival foundation of Mongols by Kay-Khusraw III. The madrasa has an excellent ceramic decoration. 

The facade of  Madrasa faces east and beautifully carved in marble. It is the example of the earliest Anatolian fountain. The Madrasa has several decorations of carving, by using different techniques. The ornament on the crown gate of the Building is a significant part of the structure.

The facade of Gok Madrasa

There are two minarets in the Madrasa, one on each side of the entrance. There was also Hamam and soap Kitchen in Madrasa. It is a Larger Building complex.

Plan of Gok Madrasa

In the plan, Decorations and proportions are the most developed. The Madrasa has two Stories that follow the Four- iwan plan. The iwan opposite the entrance has no longer existed. There are arcades in the north and south sides of the courtyard. Floral decoration is around the courtyard on the first and 2nd story. In addition, the 2nd floor no longer exists.

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Ince Minaret Madrasa - Seljuk Period-Architecture in Turkey

         Ince Minare Madrasa

Ince Minare Madrasa is the 13th-century Madrasa located in Konya. Ince Minare Madrasa is One of the famous Architecture in Turkey. Ince Madrasa is built between 1260 to 165 CE by Seljuk Sultan Sahib Ata Fahreddin Ali. The architect of Madrasa was the kelul ibn Abdallah. It is the most attractive architecture in Turkey. The Ince Minare Madrasa takes its name from the Its Tall Minare. The Minare of Madrasa is extremely much taller than the building.

The facade of the Building has highly ornamented with stone which includes geometric Patterns, Some relief work, and verticle lines. The entrance of the building is decorated with Thuluth, surah 36, and surah 110. The Minare of the Building has square-shaped from the lower part and round shape from the upper part. The lower part of the Minare was made up of Brick and the color was green. The minaret has two balconies and was built for the adjoining mosque, which preceded the Madrasa now ruined.

The Qibla side of the Mosque contains the prayer hall. Besides this, there is a huge hall covered with a huge decorative Dome. The dome of the madrasa is supported on the sets of four triangular pendentives but without tiles. The minaret was truncated by lighting in 1901.

The Ince madrasa has a T-shaped plan. The portal of the Mosque framed with broadband of calligraphy. The Madrasa was built in a rectangular area. The rooms of the Madrasa are arranged on the north, south, and west sides of a domed courtyard.

Ince Minaret is one of the dominant architecture in Turkey. The decorative work in the Madrasa takes place in the Entrance, the courtyard dome, and the walls of the rooms facing the courtyard. The portal and the foundations of the minaret are decorated with carved stone by using floral and geometric motifs. The decoration of the windows' tympana above the entrances to the students' chambers, the base of the dome, and the triangles making up the fan-shaped pendentives, consist of inscriptions and floral and geometric motifs executed in tile-mosaic. The geometric decoration on the body of the minaret and on the surface of the dome is achieved with both glazed and unglazed brickwork.

The Madrasa was converted into a Museum of Stonework in 1956.

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