The mosques are open to everyone. You will have to leave your shoes at the entrance, women in most mosques are required to cover their heads with a scarf and naked parts of their legs and shoulders. If you don’t have anything with you, they will give you some scarves at the entrance for free. Silence is required inside the mosques, it is suggested that you shouldn’t laugh loudly inside as this may offend people praying. Most of the mosques are closed to visits at prayer times.

Five times a day, the “müezzin” calls the faithful to prayer in thi mosque. Before entering a mosque, Muslims wash themselves and remove their shoes. Foreign visitors should also remove their shoes and show the respect they would any other house of worship and avoid visiting the mosque durin prayer time. Women should cover their heads and ams, and not wear miniskirts. Men should not wear shorts. (In certain famous mosques, overalls are provided for those not suitably dressed.)

These are often made in the context of religion. At first glance, vows appear to be a promise based on certain conditions. For instance, “If my wish comes true, I will sacrifice an animal”. There are also other vows for the good of a person or a group, such as lighting candles. Vows may be aimed at an animal or object as well as behavior or a change in attitudes. Fasting is one example.

Places near rocks, trees, water and the graves of holy figures may be used for votive offerings. On the same subject, places which are considered sacred include the graves and tombs of holy figures, intersection points of three or four roads, wells, springs, fountains, pools, lakes, trees, plants etc.

It is 12 km. north of Tarsus, near to Ulas Village. This cavern, which gives its name to section of the Koran, is esteemed as holy by Moslems and Christians. Story of Eshab-i Kehf Cavern is very impressive; during polytheist age, seven juveniles (Yemliha, Mekseline, Mislina, Mernus, Sazenus, Debrenus and Kefestetayus), who had escaped from torments as they believe to monotheism, had hidden in this cavern together with their dogs.

Miraculously rock is cut and these faithful persons had slept for 300 years, and had seen that everything is different when they had waken up. One of them had gone to the city for buying food and seized. When arrested person come to cavern with him, he did not see anything rather than a nest on which seven young birds had been perched. For this reason, here is also known as “Seven Sleepers Cavern”. Mosque, constructed by Sultan Abdullaziz on the caverns, had been added a minaret with three balconies.