Four hundred meters to the west of the Grand Mosque in the center of Erzurum is Yakutiye madrasahs, built in 1310 Khoja Jelaleddin Yakut - Mongolian ruler Ulyaytu when Mongol emir. Now it is one of the few buildings that have survived from the time of ilhamitov to the present day and used as a museum of Islamic culture.

The building belongs to the species madrassas with private yard and four terraces that surround the cells. Terrace, located on the west side was built, unlike the others, two storeys, and the south has the same layout as the mosque, so its walls are placed inscription-plate made of marble.

Average courtyard covered with a dome. At the end of the eastern terrace also has a large dome, under which are the remains of famous dead. On the facade there is a front door leading to the outside, and on both sides of its minarets are located, which together with the whole facade, the dome cover, which gives the construction of monumentality and grandeur.

The facade is decorated with paintings in the abstract, and vegetable plots, showing excellent taste maker. All decoration deposited on the walls, on the doors, windows and other places construction shows the level of development of the art of the Seljuks, and is an indicator of its significance for the generation of Turks that era. Two wings of the front door there are pictures, drawn on the door zones. Downstairs there is a picture of the tree of life, openwork balls, two-headed eagle, and others.

The balance and the integrity of the architecture of madrassa provided: arrangement of the main portal; two minarets at the corners; mausoleum in front of the facade of the building. It's the most important evidence of the fact that in times of Seljuk architecture is based on a knowledge of engineering and makes scientific methods.

Around the building, until recently, were the auxiliary buildings, military barracks with the appointment, because this building was used as a military camp. These additional buildings were broken in 1970-80, and the country has regained its former appearance. Restoration of the building lasted from 1984 to 1994, and on 29 October 1994, the Museum of Turkish-Islamic Works and Ethnography opened its doors to visitors. There are exhibited the works of the ethnographic values ​​that characterize the local population and indigenous peoples Erzurum province. The museum consists of several sections:

1. Hall of dresses and jewelry. It exhibits a variety of dresses and jewelry, traditionally inherent in the indigenous people of this region.

2. Military Facilities. This cabin is represented by all possible military weapons period of the republic and the Ottoman era.

3. Hall with men's clothes and accessories for men leisure. This exhibition presents objects that were used by men during the Ottoman and Republic.

4. Exhibition of metal products. Here, the vast majority of subjects took the value of the kitchen, made of all kinds of metals.

5. Hall of weaving skill. Since today the scientific and technological progress is increasingly replacing the traditional folk art of weaving in order to get people interested in the continuation of the case, then put the things created by the hands of master weavers.

6. Exhibition of carpets and rugs handmade, which is an indication of surprising skill carpet weaving art of local populations.

7. Hall works of art manual. Here you can see the products of masters and knockout, embroidery and appliques.

8. Hall Facilities sects and draft devices. It presents works of the ethnographic values ​​that are acquired by the museum and the people's life for a long enough period of time.

9. Ceramics Seljuk times. She exhibited candlesticks, plates, cups and many other ceramic objects belonging to the Seljuk era.

10. Hall of coins. It presents a large collection of coins of the times of the Ottoman and Republic (paper money).