Handicrafts in Sanliurfa

Felt making, tannery, stone working, weaving, woodworks, copper works, saddle making, fur making and jewelry works are the leading handicrafts of Sanliurfa enjoying a long tradition.

Felt making is being practiced for centuries now in the bazaar known by the same name. It has various styles of embroidery including acem, dal, pul, gobek, somun, kantarma, armut and sandik.

What is locally called as kurk (fur) is a loose straight collar over cloth made of the skin of sheep dying earlier than a month. There is no other place in Anatolia engaged in such work. Having a long history, this specific activity takes place in Kurkcu Bazaar.

In Sanliurfa, the products of culhacilik (weaving) include yamsah (female head scarf), posu (male head scarf) and ihram (female over cloth) made by using wool, cotton or silk yarns. Practiced in many looms 30-40 years ago, the trade has now lost its importance leaving behind only 5-6 artisans.

Kazzazlik means hand spinning of silk thread. Similar to culhacilik, this art is now carried on by few masters.

The Sanliurfa Museum

This museum is in the Sehitlik district of town. On its ground floor at the entrance are displayed stone artifacts from the ages of Assyria, Babylon and Hittites 108).

The upper floor is devoted to the ethnography of the regin. Here there are costumes, silver and bronze jewelery, handicrafts, ornate doors and window shutters from Sanliurfa homes, work of calligraphy, handwritten copies of the Koran and glassware.

MOSQUES

Ulu Mosque

The Great Mosque, is the oldest mosque in the city. It was built in the 12th century by Nurreddin, the ruler of Aleppo in Syria, instead of a previous church whose bell tower was used as minaret where a clock tower was added at an unknown period.

The Old Omerэye Mosque

The mosque in the Kazanci Bazaar site in Sanliurfa city center, is said to have been built during Caliph Omar period. Yet the architectural marks and present inscriptions show that the mosque has gone through serious changes since 1301.

Sanliurfa Grand Mosque

It had been built during the Zangids period (1170-1175) in place of Saint Stephen Church pertaining to the Byzantine period. The belfry of the church was utilized as the minaret of the mosque. 75)

Sanliurfa Grand Mosque with its three landings parallel to the niche and dome fronting the niche has an important place in Anatolian mosque architecture being the first mosque to comprise a last congregation section. 76)

Hayat El-Harrani Mosque And Mausoleum

Sheikh Yahya Hayat El Harrani is a prominent Muslim scholar who had lived in Harran in the 12th century and died in 1185. His mausoleum and mosque bearing his name are situated in the graveyard outside the eastern citywalls of Harran. 73) He is accepted as one of the four eminent Muslim scholars whose deeds continue to contribute to humanity even after death, according to the Muslim belief. Therefore his mausoleum has attracted a great number of visitors since the day it was built.

Rэzvaniye Mosque And Medresse

It is written in some sources that in place of this elegant mosque which is situated on the north side of the Lake Halil-ur Rahman Saint Thomas Church once stood during the Byzantine period. Lake Halil-ur Rahman is believed to have formed at the point where Prophet Abraham fell down on when he was thrown into fire.

Rizvaniye Mosque had been built by Rizvan Ahmet Pasha, the Ottoman Mayor of Rakka, in 1716 together with the medrese surrounding the courtyard. 78, 79)

The wooden ornamented door and the muazzin's place left from the construction days are fine examples of Ottoman wood-carving. Furthermore the courtyard and the interior doors of the mosque made of two coloured stones and the raised snake figures wrapped around each other on the two sides of the door are significant as examples of stone-carving.

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