The Bedesten
It's in the citadel, near Salaymaniye Mosque. It's thought to have been be built in the 14th or the 15th century during the Karamanoiullarz period as a bazaar or an inn. It's a rectangular building made of stone blocks.
It has 26 rooms and a courtyard that is 35 metres long and 13 metres wide. Today this historical building is used as a hotel, a restaurant and a cafe. The shops of the medieval times, overlooking the courtyard are now redesigned as hotel rooms.
There's a big cistern at the end of the stairs in the garden. The garden overlooks the above walls on one side, and the Taurus Mountains, the Mediterranean and the beach on the other side.
Bedesten can be visited with the permission of the person who runs it.
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