İlyas Bey Mosque
İlyas Bey Mosque is a historical Islamic religious building at Milet in Didim district of Aydın Province, western Turkey. It was built in 1403 by Ilyas Bey, ruler of the Turkish Menteshe emirate.Photo: Wolfgang glock, Public domain.
- Type: Mosque
- Description: historical Islamic religious building
- Also known as: “İlyas Bey Camii” and “Ilyas Bey Mosque”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Miletus and Miletus museum.
Miletus
Photo: jiuguangw, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Miletus was an influential ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, near the mouth of the Maeander River in present day Turkey. Renowned in antiquity for its wealth, maritime power, and extensive network of colonies, Miletus was a major center of trade, culture, and innovation from the Bronze Age through the Roman period. Miletus is situated 640 metres north of İlyas Bey Mosque.
Miletus museum
Museum
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Miletus museum is situated 290 metres west of İlyas Bey Mosque.
Faoustina baths
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Faoustina baths is a ruins, which is situated 250 metres north of İlyas Bey Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balat and Batıköy.
Balat
Village
Balat is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Didim, Aydın Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,036. The ruins of the ancient Greek city of Miletus are near the village.
Batıköy
Village
Batıköy is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Didim, Aydın Province, Turkey. Its population is 143. Batıköy is situated 3 km west of İlyas Bey Mosque.
Ak-Yeniköy
Village
Ak-Yeniköy is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Didim, Aydın Province, Turkey. Its population is 2,675. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Ak-Yeniköy is situated 4 km southeast of İlyas Bey Mosque.
İlyas Bey Mosque
- Categories: building, historic site, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Didim, Aydın Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.52636° or 37° 31′ 35″ northLongitude
27.27783° or 27° 16′ 40″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
8G99G7GH+G4OpenStreetMap ID
way 740168963OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=mosqueOpenStreetMap feature
historic=mosque
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“İlyas Bey Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد إلياس بك”
- Azerbaijani: “İlyas Bəy məscidi”
- Azerbaijani: “İlyas Bəy məscidi”
- Bashkir: “Ильяс бей комплексы”
- Bashkir: “Ильяс бей мәсете”
- Bengali: “ইলিয়াস বে মসজিদ”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد الياس بك”
- Greek: “Τέμενος του Ιλιάς Μπέη”
- Italian: “moschea İlyas Bey”
- Italian: “Moschea İlyas Bey”
- Kazakh: “Ильяс-бей мешіті”
- Macedonian: “Илијас-бегова џамија”
- Persian: “مسجد الیاس بیگ”
- Polish: “Meczet İlyas Bey”
- Russian: “Мечеть Ильяс-бей”
- Turkish: “Balat İlyas Bey Camii”
- Turkish: “İlyas Bey Camii”
- Ukrainian: “Мечеть Ільяс-бей”
- Urdu: “الیاس بے مسجد”
- Uzbek: “Ilyosbey masjidi”
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