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Sultan Murad IV Mosque
Çerkeş, Çankırı
The Muradiye Mosque, which Murad IV ordered to be built in Çerkeş on his return from the Revan campaign, as rebuilt after the 1944 earthquake.
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Its story
Returning from the Revan campaign in 1635, Sultan Murad IV stopped over in Çerkeş and ordered a mosque to be built here. Completed in 1638 and known as the Muradiye Mosque, the building was repaired in later centuries but largely destroyed in the 1944 earthquake. The present mosque was rebuilt on the old foundations in 1953. In the reign of Murad IV, Çerkeş was one of the army's important stopping places on the Baghdad and Revan campaigns; the Murat Hammam, which the sultan had built as a source of income for the mosque, is also nearby. The mosque is regarded as a symbol of Çerkeş's Ottoman past.
Key facts
- Period
- 1638; rebuilt in 1953
- Admission
- Free
- Getting there
- Çerkeş district center
- Visit duration
- 20 minutes
Trip purpose
- Free
Location
40.81164, 32.89361
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://kulturenvanteri.com/en/yer/sultan-iv-murad-camii-cerkes/ | https://cankiri.ktb.gov.tr/TR-242732/cerkes.html | https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=40.81164&mlon=32.89361#map=17/40.81164/32.89361