The complex of buildings of Arslan Pasa in Oltu Cover Image

Oltu’da Arslan Paşa Külliyesi
The complex of buildings of Arslan Pasa in Oltu

Author(s): Ümit Kılıç
Subject(s): Architecture, 17th Century
Published by: Karadeniz Araştırmaları Merkezi
Keywords: Oltu; Kipchak; Waqf;

Summary/Abstract: The Kipchaks dominated around The Corukh River in the 12th century. Also know as the “Atabegs” the Kipchak Beys maintained their administrative positions as”ocaklık” after the related region was put under the rule of the Ottoman in the 16th century. The first governor of the Atabeg family with the rank of vizier, Mehmed Arslan Pasha had a complex built in Oltu in 1664 and prepared its charter in 1666. That charter contains significant information about Mehmed Arslan Pasha and the history of Oltu.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 113-131
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Turkish