Wikipedia's first sentence called it “medrese”. Today it says “madrasa”.
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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 .1Since 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.2
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Karatay Medrese is a medrese , meaning 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 . Since 1955, the edifice serves as a museum where Seljuk tiles are united, while artifacts in stone or in wood are on display in Ince Minaret Medrese , 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. v t e
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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 .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
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 .
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Madrasa in Konya, Turkey Karatay Madrasa ( Turkish : Karatay Medresesi ) is a madrasa (a school with a frequently but not absolutely religious focus) in Konya , Turkey located at the foot of the citadel hill, across from the ruins of the Seljuk palace and in view of the Alâeddin Mosque .Since 1954, the building has served as a museum displaying a collection of historic tile art, particularly from the Seljuk period.The madrasa and the Karatay Han , a caravanserai completed in the 1240s, are the largest extant monuments in Konya and its immediate regions.
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medrese
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madrasa
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