Mazgirt

The medieval Elte Hatun Cami is built out of a dark purplish composite stone and consists of a main prayer hall with a smaller entrance hall adjoining it on the east side of the north wall.[10]^: 89–90 There is a garden on the east side of the complex, although the gate is usually kept locked.[10]^: 90 There is a çeşme or fountain outside the entrance hall on the north; inside the building on the same wall is a niche where water was also piped in.[10]^: 90 These were designed for worshippers to perform the ghusl washing required before prayer; the fountain outside would have been used mostly during summer while the one inside would have been used during winter.[10]^: 90

The mosque was founded in 1252-3 by Elte Hatun, daughter of a prince named Süleyman.[10]^: 89 She probably belonged to the Seljuk dynasty, since Mazgirt had come under Seljuk control in 1234 when they annexed the principality of Harput.[10]^: 89–90 A medrese, which was probably founded at the same time as the mosque, formerly existed to the east; the garden wall was built over its remains.[10]^: 90

The Elte Hatun Türbesi is purportedly the tomb of the same Elte Hatun, but in reality this is unlikely - the carvings are of a much lower quality than the mosque's - and the türbe was probably built well after Elte Hatun's lifetime, perhaps in the 15th century.[10]^: 90 Whoever the tomb actually belongs to is unknown.[10]^: 91

The castle rock is basically shaped like an elongated platform running from northwest to southeast.[10]^: 89 Steep cliffs provide a natural barrier on all sides except the southeast, which has a gentler slope.[10]^: 89 An inner rocky outcropping juts up from the main platform towards the northwest end.[10]^: 89 The castle walls are only standing in some places.[10]^: 89 The masonry that survives is mostly the same dark reddish-purple stone as the Elte Hatun mosque and likely date from the same period (mid-13th century).[10]^: 89 On the inner outcropping there is a circular pit carved out of the rock whose original purpose is unknown; a "rectangular block of masonry" built partly over its western side belonged to an old windmill that was built on the site at a later date.[10]^: 89

The Armenian church of Surb Hakop appears to date from the 16th or 17th century, although it was probably rebuilt from the ruins of an earlier church.[10]^: 91 The present structure is somewhat awkwardly proportioned - it seems truncated - and the previous building was probably larger than the one today.[10]^: 91 The remains of a second Armenian church, probably a basilica, is located on the northeast slope of the citadel.[10]^: 89, 91 This one is hard to date but may have been built in the Middle Ages.[10]^: 91