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The Kyrgyz Tomb was built for the Kyrgyz Turkish alperens who were martyred fighting alongside Orhan Gazi during the annexation of Iznik to the Ottoman lands in 1331. The colorful hand-carved decorations inside the building and the exterior brick architecture are the synthesis of the Early Ottoman and Central Asian Turkish tent aesthetics. The tomb is the most important ancestral heritage stop in Iznik for visitors from the Turkish world and Turkestan geography.
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The Kyrgyz Tomb was built for the Kyrgyz Turkish alperens who were martyred fighting alongside Orhan Gazi during the annexation of Iznik to the Ottoman lands in 1331.
The colorful hand-carved decorations inside the building and the exterior brick architecture are the synthesis of the Early Ottoman and Central Asian Turkish tent aesthetics.
The tomb is the most important ancestral heritage stop in Iznik for visitors from the Turkish world and Turkestan geography.
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The Kyrgyz Tomb was built for the Kyrgyz Turkish alperens who were martyred fighting alongside Orhan Gazi during the annexation of Iznik to the Ottoman lands in 1331.
The colorful hand-carved decorations inside the building and the exterior brick architecture are the synthesis of the Early Ottoman and Central Asian Turkish tent aesthetics.
The tomb is the most important ancestral heritage stop in Iznik for visitors from the Turkish world and Turkestan geography.
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