3.1.2 Zağfiran (Safran/Zafran) Khan

It is located in Salman Street behind (southwest side) the Çukur Khan. It was built in 1512 [28, 55]. The two-story building has an open central courtyard with the rooms lined beneath the semi-open riwaqs. Main body walls were constructed with rubble stone, and arches and vaults were built with brick material. Losing its function during the end of raw silk trade, it was used as a jail at the last periods of Ottoman Empire and at the beginning of the Republican Period [57]. Entrance to the building was from the west side [26]. As a result of new renovations and adaptations, today entrance is provided by means of a new addition passageway from the Cengel Khan. The building had many alterations in time and redesigned
