Turkey's most visited Mevlana Museum, one of which is identified with the museum and turquoise dome made in the 13th century to the present shape was given to the period of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent.
The turquoise color of the dome, which has been repaired and repaired 6 times until now, was applied in the last restoration in 1960.
Provincial Director of Culture and Tourism Abdüssettar Yarar said that at the Press Conference held in the inner courtyard of the museum, the Dome was named "Green Tomb" due to the covering of the dome with turquoise tiles.
Stating that the Mevlana Museum has been the center of all Mevlevi trails in the world since the Seljuk period, Yarar said: "It started to serve as a museum since 1926, and since 1954, Konya was known as the" Mevlana Museum " The tiles of the Green Dome have been renewed many times until today.In the Ottoman period, it was changed 7 times in 1698, 1798, 1816, 1835 and 1912, and in the Republic period, 1949 and 1964. The minor maintenance and repairs carried out in 1965 and the major renovation works carried out in 1965 were replaced by tiles produced at the Kütahya Tile Factory. "