Turkey - Sivrihisar Great Mosque

Sivrihisar Great Mosque is located in Sivrihisar county of Eskişehir province. Mosque was built by Leşker Emir Celaleddin Ali in 1231-1232. The building subsequently was restored by Mikail bin Abdullah (Governor of Anatolian Seljuk Empire) in 1275 and then by Hızır Bey (Judge of Sivrihisar) in 1440. This structure is in the group of the wooden columned and roofed mosques in Anatolia. Wooden columned and roofed mosques are not prevalent in Anatolian Turkish Architecture. Sivrihisar Great Mosque represents this rare architectural technique with other important buildings such as Eşrefoğlu Mosque (inscribed on the UNESCO Tentative List in 2011), Mahmut Bey Mosque (inscribed on the UNESCO Tentative List in 2014), Afyon Great Mosque and Arslanhane Mosque in Ankara.