Turkey - Anatolian Seljuks Madrasahs

İnce Minareli Madrasah 37°52'22.40"N- 32°29'23.96"E Karatay Madrasah 37°52'29.91"N- 32°29' 34.27"E Erzurum Çifte Minareli Madrasah 39°54'20.20"N- 41°16'42.16"E Yakutiye Madrasah 39°54'23.10"N- 41°16'19.47"E Buruciye Madrasah 39°44'56.76"N- 37° 0'55.13"E Sivas Çifte Minareli Madrasah 39°44'54.09"N- 37° 0'50.69"E Gök Madrasah 39°44'39.53"N- 37° 1'0.81"E Sahibiye Madrasah 38°43'24.19"N- 35°29'12.66"E Çifte Madrasah 38°43'26.53"N- 35°29'2.87"E Cacabey Madrasah 39° 8'42.48"N- 34° 9'41.23"E Madrasahs were educational institutions that first appeared in Islamic countries. Before madrasahs, mosques were used as schools only outside the hours of worship and the education consisted solely of making students memorise the Koran and giving them religious information. In later times, it was considered inappropriate for mosques, which were used as places of worship, to be simultaneously used as schools, and so hodjas began giving lessons in their homes.