Karatay Madrasa is a

madrasa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

(a school with a frequently but not absolutely religious focus) built in

Konya Konya () is a major city in central Turkey, on the southwestern edge of the Central Anatolian Plateau, and is the capital of Konya Province. During antiquity and into Seljuk times it was known as Iconium (), although the Seljuks also called it D ...

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, in 1251 by the

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of the city Celaleddin Karatay, serving the Seljuk

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History

Since 1955, the place serves as a museum where Seljuk

tile Tiles are usually thin, square or rectangular coverings manufactured from hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, baked clay, or even glass. They are generally fixed in place in an array to cover roofs, floors, walls, edges, or ...

s are united, while artifacts in stone or in wood are on display in Ince Minaret Madrasa, also in Konya. The collection of Karatay Museum was particularly enriched by the finds collected as of the 1970s in

Kubadabad Palace Kubadabad Palace or Kubad Abad Palace (also spelled:Qubadabad Palace) ( tr, Kubadabad Sarayı) was a complex of summer residences built for sultan Kayqubad I (1220–1237), ruler of the Sultanate of Rum. The palace is located on the southwestern ...

royal summer residence on

Lake Beyşehir Lake Beyşehir ( tr, Beyşehir Gölü; anciently, Carallis or Karallis ( grc, Κάραλλις), or Caralis or Karalis (Κάραλις)) is a large freshwater lake in Isparta and Konya provinces in southwestern Turkey. It is located at around and ...

shore, at eighty miles from Konya to the west. A

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, also built by Celaleddin Karatay in the outskirts of Konya, carries his name too.

Gallery

File:Karatay_medresesi.jpg, The ceiling of Karatay Madrasa File:Konya - panoramio - HALUK COMERTEL (25).jpg File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum 2829.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Exterior File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum 2826.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Entrance File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum 2507.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Entrance detail File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum 2805.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Dome File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum 2445.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Dome detail File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum 2808.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Dome and adjacent room File:Konya sept 2008 4472.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum room File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum 291.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Vessels File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum 2310.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Vessels File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum 2303.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Vessels File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum 2306.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Vessels File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum 2311.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Vessels File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum 2485.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Iznik bowl File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum 2483.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Gypsum decorations File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace find 2318.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace tile File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace find 2322.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace tile File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace find 2326.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace tile File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace find 2331.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace tile File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace find 2372.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace tile File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace find 2377.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace tile File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace find 2378.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace tile File:Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace find 2405.jpg, Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace tile

External links

Pictures of most of the collection and some of the building
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1251 Buildings and structures in Konya Buildings and structures of the Sultanate of Rum Archaeological museums in Turkey Museums established in 1955 Madrasas in Turkey Tourist attractions in Konya 1955 establishments in Turkey World Heritage Tentative List for Turkey 13th-century madrasas {{Turkey-struct-stub