Tekeli Mehmet Paşa Mosque uses a central dome and smaller surrounding domes to create a compact, carefully balanced silhouette within Kaleiçi. Built in the early seventeenth century, it reflects Ottoman religious architecture adapted to Antalya’s old-town setting.
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Tekeli Mehmet Paşa Mosque was built between 1606 and 1616, during the Ottoman period. Its design gathers the prayer space beneath a large central dome, supported by semi-domes to the east and west, with smaller domes across the northern side.
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- The mosque was built between 1606 and 1616.
- Its central dome is flanked by east and west semi-domes.
- The structure has gates on its east, west, and north sides.
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