Yakutiye Medrese

Yakutiye Medrese (Turkish: Yâkutiye Medresesi) is a historical 14th-century Madrasa in Erzurum, Turkey. The madrasa was built in 1310 by order of a local governor of the Ilkhanids, Hoca Yakut, and it is named after him.

Building

It is a rectangular building with an inner courtyard, surrounded by the rooms for the students. It has a monumental portal decorated with stone carvings and one Minaret with geometrical decorations. There is also an adjoining Kümbet.

Today the building is used as a museum dedicated to ethnography and Turkish and Islamic art.

Vault

The Yakutiye Medrese mosque has a vault decorated with muqarna design and a central oculus, which was constructed in 1310 and ultimately derived from the vault of the Armenian gavit narthex.