Abstract:

The Ottoman Empire, which took the city Van located in the eastern part of Turkey under his rule in 1548, built various works to meet the military, political, economic, social, cultural, religious and educational needs of the city. He established foundations/waqfs for the survival of these works and to continue their services through the governors or beylerbeyi he appointed, and the revenues belonging to the state were allocated to these foundations. Therefore, the city was transformed into a center of Van eyalet. Among the works found in Van in the form of Islamic-Ottoman social complex (külliye) are Ulu Mosque and Madrasa, Red Mosque and Madrasa, Sheikh Abdurrahman Mosque and Zaviye, Iskender Pasha, Husrev Pasha, Kaya Celebi, Abbas Aga and Horhor Mosque foundations. Among these, Hüsrev Pasha Foundation is too important in terms of having all the features or characteristics of being a kulliye. It was determined that until 1915, twenty-eight mosques, thirty- four masjids, twelve madrasahs, thirty primary schools, sixteen zawiyah, three libraries, four tombs (türbe), two imarethanes (food pantry), four public houses (han), caravanserai, five hammam (bath), eight fountains were built in Van through the state and with the help of philanthropists Nearly all of these works had been continued their perform and function until the Armenians and Russians captured and burned Van in 1915. Due to high income for expenses, these constructions fulfilled their functions for a long time.

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