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Aktekke Mosque (Mader-i Mevlana Mosque, Center): It was constructed by Ruler Alaaddin Ali of Karamanoğulları Domain for the mother of Mevlana, Mümine Hatun in 1370. The building is also called as “Mader-i Mevlana Mosque and Tomb” or “(Mevlevi Tekkesi)Dervish Convent”. On the west side of the mihrap ( niche of a mosque indicating the direction of Mecca), there are the graves of the mother, wife, children and grandchildren of Mevlana.
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