Amasya - Sultan Beyazit Külliyesi

Rising conspicuously on the west side of the town center of Amasya, between the Yesilirmak and the main road, the Sultan Beyazit Külliyesi was founded in 1486 by Ahmed, son of Bayazit II. The mosque has two domes, one in front of the other. Complementing them are a pair of minarets each with its own distinctive ornamentation. The prayer hall, entered through a five-bay portico, has windows with surrounds of blue glazed tiles.

In front of the mosque, flanked by fine trees, stands an ablutions fountain (or sadirvan). The grounds of the mosque also contain a library; among the 20,000 volumes are some valuable Koranic scripts. To the west, in front of a türbe, is the Bayazit Medresesi.