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Yakup Çelebi Ashliye: A Calmful Architecture
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Yakup Çelebi Ashliye: A Calmful Architecture

August 27, 20261 min readIznik Expedition Team

Read the mosque, tomb and the early Ottoman layers in the vicinity of the crowd, with a careful visit.

In this article3
  1. 01Hunting relationship
  2. 02Mosque and tomb
  3. 03South route

Yakup Çelebi Ashliyesi gives a calm architectural community feeling from a monumental square to a very neighborhood scale. The proximity between the mosque and the tomb combines the function of memorial with worship.

Instead of photographing the structure from the single front, walk around the yard, follow the location of masses according to each other and changing surfaces with daylight.

A detail from Iznik for Yakup Çelebi Ashliye: A Calmful Architecture
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01

Hunting relationship

Imagine the small scale formed by environmental wall, trees and passages rather than turning to the main structure immediately after the introduction.

02

Mosque and tomb

The material between two structures helps to read the development of the time of the ash and the differences of the cover and window layout.

Image from Mosque and tomb section
03

South route

The early Ottoman and archeological stops in the south of the city are planned together with the Yenişehir Gate and the İznik Museum.

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