The mosque was originally located in the southern area of the village centre. Today the village is located at the Evretou Dam, which was opened in 1986. When the dam is completely filled, the foundations of the mosque built on the slope are already in the water.
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The mosque was located in the northern entrance area of the village. Nothing is known about the history of this building. However, it could be a new building constructed after the earthquake of 1953. In the aerial photographs from 1963, one can clearly see that the building, which is shown as a mosque in the cadastral plan, no longer has a roof, but a small new building exists a little further to the east.
The Dede Sipahi Mosque is centrally located in the old settlement area. The mosque as well as the school right next door seem to have been built around 1910 at about the same time. The mosque was thus a successor to a mosque that had already been built on the same site in Ottoman times.
The mosque is located on the western edge of the former village centre. Little is known about its history, but it is certain that the current building replaced a previous mosque on the same site. Bağişkan assumes that the building was rebuilt after the 1953 earthquake. Aerial photographs from 1963 show that the building has no roof at that time. It may have been newly built at that time.
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