AMASYA PROVINCIAL DIRECTORATE OF CULTURE AND TOURISM

Ezine Khan

This inn is located in the town of Ezine Pazar, 35 kilometers to Amasya on the Amasya-Tokat highway. The building was commissioned by Melike Mahperi Hatun, wife of Seljuk Sultan Alaaddin Keykubat. The original epigraph is stolen and therefore the exact date of construction is unknown. It is estimated to have been built between 1238 and 1246 considering the dates of the other six inns known to have been built by Melike Mahperi Hatun.

The door is wooden and has two wings. The arch and the upper frame of the door are built of hewn stone. This is where the epigraph, documenting the repairs, is placed. Small windows, one above the epigraph and two even further up, allow sun light in the building especially in the evenings.

The protruding structures on the side walls of the rectangular patio support the bearing walls. The inner space is divided into three halls. These parallel halls are in turn divided into seven cloisters by arches. Each cloister has a stove and a niche. The platforms and the seats intended for visitors’ use are placed in these cloisters.

Even though the inn is built by the Seljuks, it has come to resemble Ottoman buildings as a result of the numerous repair works carried out in time. Not until 2007, when the inn was restored by the General Directorate of Charitable Foundations, was the inn open to visitors since it had not been used for years and was half buried in debris.

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