Malahini in Greece and Turkey

I saved this for my final post because I was hoping to get to some more special mosques. Now I have learned that the best ones are in other cities. Here in Selchuk the mosques are small. Every town has one or two small mosques with a minarette that you can see from far away. The minarettes have speakers on them and there is a call to prayer 5 times a day. Here in western Turkey you hear the call to prayer, but there is no visible change in the business that goes on, but I am guessing that in cities further east you would notice people going to prayer after the call. Here are some pictures of small mosques.

Here in Selchuk there is one large Mosque which is historic called the Isabey Mosque. It was built in the 1300s and has been partially restored recently. We were able to take time to go inside the Isabey Mosque and it is beautiful inside. I think that the mosques in other cities are even more beautiful. We were able to meet the Imam (like the priest) in this mosque and talk with him. He was very nice and reminded me of other Islamic friends that I have because he was so kind and sincere.

This will be my last posting for this blog since tomorrow we begin our travels home. See you next trip!

Janice

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