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Seljuq Mosque at Beysehir Konya

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The Great Mosque of Beyşehir built by the Seljuq Beys of Eshrefoghlu dynasty between 1296-1299, also called Eşrefoğlu Mosque, is considered one of the masterpieces of the intermediate period of Anatolian Turkish Beyliks between the Seljuk and Ottoman architecture styles.

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