Ulu Camii

The Great Mosque of Harput is a mosque built by the Arthurian ruler Fahrettin Karaaslan between 1156 and 1157 in Harput within the present-day boundary of the city of Elazig. It is considered one of the oldest mosques in Anatolia.

The tower of the mosque, which is still open for worship, is slightly sloping to the right.

Key facts

Type: mosque
Located in: Eastern Anatolia Region

Facts from Wikidata.

Coordinates: 38.706111, 39.255139Open in Google Maps

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Sources

The text on this page is translated from: Harput Ulu Camii (tr.wikipedia.org), as of 13 December 2025

Text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.