Four hundred meters to the West of the Great mosque, in the center of Erzurum is madrasah Yakutia, built in 1310 Khoja Jelaleddin Yakut - Mongol ruler Uljaitu at the Mongol emirs. It is one of the rare buildings that have survived since Alamitos to our days and is used as a Museum of Islamic Culture.

Structure refers to the type of madrasah with a private yard and four terraces, which are located between the cells. Terrace, located on the West side built, unlike the other two floors, and the South has the same layout as the mosque, so that its walls are inscription–plate, made of marble.

Middle courtyard is covered with a dome. The Eastern end of the terrace also has a large size dome, beneath which are the remains of the distinguished dead. On the facade there is the front door leading outside, and on its both sides there are minarets, which, together with the whole facade that covers the dome, which gives the construction of monumentality and grandeur.

The facade is decorated with the painting on abstract and vegetable plots, showing excellent taste maker. All the decorations applied to the walls, doors, Windows and other structures indicates the level of development of the art of the Seljuks, and are an indication of its importance to generations of Turks of that era. On two wings of the front door there are drawings, put on a door zones. Below are the images of the tree of life, fishnet balls of the eagle, etc.

The balance and the integrity of the architecture of the madrasah are provided: location of the Main Portal; the two minarets at the corners; the mausoleum in front of the façade. All this is the most important proof of the fact that in the times of Seljuk architecture was based on the knowledge engineering arts and made by scientific method.

Around the building until recently was a subsidiary of a structure having a military barracks appointment, as this building was used as a military camp. These additional buildings were demolished in 1970-80s, and the area has regained its former appearance. The restoration of the building lasted from 1984 to 1994, and October 29, 1994, Museum of Turkish-Islamic Works and Ethnography was opened for visitors to its doors. Here are works of ethnographic values that characterize the local population and indigenous peoples of Erzurum province. The Museum consists of several sections:

1. Hall women's clothes and jewellery. It exhibits a range of clothes and jewellery, traditionally peculiar to the indigenous people of this region.

2. Military affiliation. In this salon are all sorts of military weapons of the period of the Republic and the times of the Ottomans.

3. Hall with men's clothing and recreation sets of men. This exhibition presents objects that were used by men during the time of the Ottomans and the Republic.

4. Exhibition of metal works. Here the vast majority of the kitchen is of value, made of various metals.

5. Hall weaving skill. Because scientific and technical progress is increasingly displacing traditional folk weaving art, with the aim to get people interested in the continuation of this case, there is exhibited items created by craftsmen–weavers.

6. Exhibition of carpets and rugs handmade production, which is an indicator of amazing craftsmanship carpet art of the local population.

7. Hall of handcrafted creativity. Here you can see the products of craftsmen and craftswomen knock-out, embroidery and applique.

8. Room facilities sects and traction devices. It presents the works of ethnographic values acquired by the Museum and represent the life of the people for quite a long period of time.

9. Exhibition of ceramics Seljuk times. It exposed 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 Ottomans and the Republic (paper money).