title: Karatay Madrasa
text: # Karatay Madrasa
  
  Karatay Madrasa is a madrasa (a school with a frequently but not absolutely religious focus) built in Konya, Turkey, in 1251 by the Emir of the city Celaleddin Karatay, serving the Seljuk sultan.
  
  ## History
  
  Since 1955, the place serves as a museum where Seljuk tiles are united, while artifacts in stone or in wood are on display in Ince Minaret Madrasa, also in Konya. The collection of Karatay Museum was particularly enriched by the finds collected as of the 1970s in Kubadabad Palace royal summer residence on Lake Beyşehir shore, at eighty miles from Konya to the west.
  
  A caravanserai, also built by Celaleddin Karatay in the outskirts of Konya, carries his name too.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * The ceiling of Karatay Madrasa
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Exterior
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Entrance
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Entrance detail
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Dome
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Dome detail
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Dome and adjacent room
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum room
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Vessels
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Vessels
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Vessels
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Vessels
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Vessels
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Iznik bowl
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Gypsum decorations
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace tile
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace tile
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace tile
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace tile
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace tile
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace tile
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace tile
  * Konya Karatay Ceramics Museum Kubad Abad Palace tile
  