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Ala Mosque

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Ala Mosque
Ala Mosque
Ala Mosque
Ala Mosque
Ala Mosque
Ala Mosque
Ala Mosque
Ala Mosque
Ala Mosque
Ala Mosque
Ala Mosque
Ala Mosque
Ala Mosque
Ala Mosque
Ala Mosque
Ala Mosque
Phone:
+90 328 825 06 74

Address:
80750 u00D6ksu00FCzlu00FC Ku00F6yu00FC/Kadirli/Osmaniye, Turkey

Ala Mosque is a historical mosque in Kadirli, Turkey. Ala Mosque is in Kadirli ilçe of Osmaniye Province at 32°22′23″N 36°06′10″E. There is a Roman necropolis to the east of the mosque.It was a Byzantine church and monastery built in the 5th century. After the city was captured by Kasım Bey of Dulkadirids in 1489, it was converted into a mosque and a madrasa. It was initially named Alaüddevle Mescit after Kasım Bey's father Alaüddevle Bozkurt. Later, the name was shortened to Ala. During the 19th century, Ala Mosque was used as an Ottoman Army depot, and after 1865 it was restored as a mosque. In 1924, during the Turkish Republic era, it was abandoned. Beginning by 2012, the building underwent a restoration.According to Richard Batliss, the dimensions of the original building was 33 m × 19.5 m . A mimbar and a minaret were added during the Moslem era.
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