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Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque and Kulliye
The Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque is located in the middle of the outer courtyard. The interior courtyard can be entered through three gates. Eighteen pillar and 22 domes surround the courtyard and the final meeting palace of the people. Tilled panelsk surround the 20 windows around the courtyard. There tilles are the best examples of the time. There is a fountain with eight marble pillars and a dome in the middle. The wings of the gates are among the finest examples of the arts of carving and ornamental inlaying. The mosque has a plain structure with a square plan. It has two minarets with one minaret symbol each. There are three tombs belonging to Yavuz Sultan Selim, the princes and douhters of Kanuni Sultan Süyleyman and Sultan Abdülmecid in the burial ground in the drection of Macca. The covers, dor and windows and the mother of pearl ornamental carvings inside the tomb of Yavuz Sultan Selim are true masterpieces.