Although his beylik was relatively an unimportant political power, the city flourished as one of the cultural centers of Seljuk world.

[1] After seven centuries, unlike most other Seljuk wooden buildings, this mosque survives and it is used for regular services.

The wooden columns are made of cedar and according to oral tradition they were soaked in the Beyşehir lake for six months before being used in the building.

The justification statements is "Esrefoglu Mosque includes all the main elements of early Anatolian Turkish architecture.

The building is the biggest, best preserved wooden columned and roofed mosque in Islamic World.