Eşrefoğlu Mosque in Beyşehir Welcomes 281,000 Visitors in a Year

It was reported that 281,000 people visited the historical Eşrefoğlu Mosque in Beyşehir district in one year.

The historical Eşrefoğlu Mosque in the Beyşehir district was reported to have been visited by 281,000 people in one year. District Mufti Veysel Kükrek, in his statement, mentioned that digital measurements have been taken at the historical site, which is the largest wooden-columned mosque in Anatolia, for over a year.

Kükrek emphasized that the number of visitors to the Eşrefoğlu Mosque had reached 281,000 as of the end of July. He provided the following information: "This is a remarkable figure for mosques in a modest city like ours in Anatolia. Our one-year visitor count between July 2022 and July 2023 has reached 281,000. We have a 12-month report on this. In July of the previous year, our visitor count was 38,000, while this year in July, it reached around 49,000. Our visitor count for the same period has increased by approximately 30 percent compared to last year, which is also quite impressive. Looking at our statistics, our visitors primarily come on Saturdays and Sundays. There have been days when we had as many as 4,000 visitors in a single day."

Prof. Dr. Abdullah Karaman, the Dean of the Beyşehir Ali Akkanat Tourism Faculty at Selçuk University (SU), also emphasized that the historical Eşrefoğlu Mosque is unique in many aspects and serves as a tourist attraction worldwide due to its distinctive features.