Alaeddin Keykubad Camii
The Alaeddin Mosque sits atop Alaeddin Hill in the middle of Konya, on the site of the old citadel that once anchored the city as capital of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum. Built and expanded through the 12th and 13th centuries under sultans including Kılıçarslan I and Alaeddin Keykubad I, it's one of the oldest and most important Seljuk mosques in Anatolia, notable for its forest of reused antique columns, some clearly spolia from earlier Roman or Byzantine buildings, supporting a flat wooden roof in an older mosque style rather than the domed plans that came later. Several Seljuk sultans, including Kılıçarslan I and Alaeddin Keykubad I, are buried in the octagonal türbe attached to the mosque.
The hill itself, now a small park, was the seat of Seljuk power in Konya, and standing among the mosque's columns gives a tangible sense of the city's centuries as an imperial capital, well before the more famous Mevlana legacy that followed.
Alaeddin Keykubad Camii FAQs
Several Seljuk sultans, including Kılıçarslan I and Alaeddin Keykubad I, are interred in the mosque's octagonal türbe.
Many were reused (spolia) from earlier Roman and Byzantine structures, a common Seljuk building practice.
The mosque itself is generally free to enter as an active place of worship.
Alaeddin Hill was the site of the old citadel and seat of Seljuk power before Konya's later Mevlevi and Ottoman-era development.
Yes, it's centrally located near the Mevlana Museum and several Seljuk-era medreses now used as museums.
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