After being upgraded to Business Class free of charge, which was a great chance for me, I had a great flight and proceeded to the hotel where I would stay for my tour the next day. After a great night, I met my tour in the morning.

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I think you can see the smile of satisfaction 😂 I was also able to practice a little Russian with the gentleman in the seat next to me. He was a businessman and he travelled to Sivas 3 - 4 times almost every year. Anyway. This is not the time to gossip.

On the way to our first stop, Gök Madrasa, we saw the minaret of Ulu Mosque. In my opinion, especially after the mosques we saw in Istanbul, this one was more impressive than the others.

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I don't even want to explain it because there is 1 Great Mosque in almost every city, but the main reason is that it is older and more imposing than other mosques. After all, whatever you do, something will be better, more beautiful or bigger than others.

Historical Gök Madrasa

Now, since it is almost impossible to move in Sivas with large vehicles, I continue to the points where we move on foot. Our first stop, that is, the first point where I listened to the narration is Gök Madrasa.

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Gök Madrasa is a Seljuk architecture. We will see a lot of this type of architecture especially in Sivas and Kayseri because the most prominent and permanent works belong to them, which did not change with the Ottoman Empire that continued afterwards, only the engravings with precious stones in general were corrupted and / or stolen. After all, we are talking about the 1400s and the historical events that followed.

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There are two things I want to mention about this madrasah. The first is its name and the second is why it is not symmetrical.

Firstly, it is not surprising that the name is actually quite simple and unimaginative for the people of the period. The abundance of tile workmanship in and around the region is now reflected in the architecture. Also, what colour tiles do we usually see? Blue. And what colour is the sky? Blue. Here is the name for you. Gök Madrasa. Otherwise they don't teach you how to get high here 😂😂😂

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Let's talk about asymmetrical carvings. The architect Kaluytan, the architect of this madrasa, believed in Islam like a normal person of the time. At least as much as it came from the Arabs at that time. As far as we know, of course, he was thinking about this when he prepared these engravings by saying ‘Allah is the only perfect one’, which can be considered as a reason. This was the motivation of most of the architects, especially in that region and in religious beliefs.

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Although this doesn't make much sense to me, there is nothing to say about the old times. I try to look as objectively as I can. Of course, despite everything, we cannot ignore the beauty of these embroidery.

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I'm sure that these small rooms have a meaning, but I probably don't remember it because I'm not interested in it and it's too complicated. Islamic architecture, to tell you a truth, doesn't interest me at all.

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In this part, it is actually possible to see that the columns of this building are spolia. Well, I would like to ask a question. How appropriate is it for an architect who is so devoted to his religion to use the word ‘giaour’ in quotation marks?

Double Minaret Madrasa

Sahip Şemseddin Cüveyni, who ordered the construction of the madrasah, asked one of the most famous architects of the period for a very magnificent building. However, during the construction, this architect encountered problems such as the difficulties of the period, lack of money and shortage of labourers, and as a result, most things were left unfinished and not permanently built. More precisely, it is easily deformed.

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Therefore, even if the Double Minaret Madrasa looks like this from the front part, the rest of it is completely destroyed as below.

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Of course, there was also an information board at the entrance of this madrasah. You can find detailed information about these and more on this board.

Shifaiye Madrasa

This madrasah will be the last stop of our Sivas tour for now. I will write the rest next week, but that place is a bit more special. Anyway. Shifaiye Madrasah was built by Izzeddin Keykavus I. He was encouraged by the fact that the health condition of the people and himself was not good.

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The embroidery here says ‘I am Seljukian!’ when you first look at it. Symmetry, the use of simple geometric shapes and tiny differences. After all, the thought again is ‘Allah is the only perfect one’.

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Nevertheless, both buildings have structures taken from ancient Greek/Roman columns. There is also another rumour. Sultan Keykavus died of the plague and left the construction of a ‘health centre’ as a will before his death, but due to lack of money and labour shortage, this will was fulfilled, although spolia materials were also used.

We have come to the end of our Sivas tour for today. Of course, I will share the rest with you next week. This time we will go to a tomb and a museum. That part will be a museum where our national feelings are a little more stirred. It is a fact that ideas will not die and I want to make a hint by saying that no one can deny it.

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No one can make you forget, Ata'm. They will never make us forget. We commemorate the 86th anniversary of his physical absence with longing and mourning.

Take care of yourself, stay with health and love and please remember that;

You are the only one of you.

Herkese merhabaaa!!!

Umarım iyisinizdir ya da iyi olmaya çalışıyorsunuzdur. Ben iyiyim ve bugün sizinle İç Anadolu bölgesine geçiş yapıyoruz. Ege bölgesinin son kısmının Kaunos Antik Kenti olduğunu söylemiştim. Buradan sonra 2 haftalığına eve döndüm ve dinlendim. Yeni tura dinlemiş bir şekilde başladım anlayacağınız.

İç Anadolu bölgesi ilk durağımız olan Sivas'ı gezeceğiz.

İlk olarak size gidişimden bahsetmek istiyorum çünkü çok beğendiğim birkaç fotoğraf çektim. Daha doğrusu aynı kısmı farklı açılardan çekmeye çalıştım.

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Silivri'den çıkarken her şeyin hazır olmasının rahatlığı ile nasıl da gülümsüyorum ama 😁 Sabahın köründe İstanbul Havalimanı'na gidebilmek için Havaist'e gitmeye çalışıyordum ve mızmızlanmamak için kendimi zor tutuyordum.

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^{P.S. If you know English AND Turkish, I do that too... If you see a translation discrepancy that was on purpose. I did think this is as proper as I could do. Because there are many differences between these languages.}

^{Not: Hem Türkçe hem de İngilizce biliyorsanız, ben de biliyorum... Eğer çeviri farklılığı görürseniz bunun bilinçli olduğunu bilin lütfen. Bunu yapabileceğim en uygun şekilde yaptığımı düşünüyorum. Çünkü bu iki dil arasında çok fazla fark var.}