The turbe, being one of the most beautiful examples of Seljuk architecture in Nigde, was erected for Hudavent Hatun, the daughter of Seljuk Sultan Rukneddin Kilicarslan IV in 1312 -during the Illkhanid reign in Anatolia.
The turbe rests on an octagonal base, 80 cm in height. Between the base and the main part is one line of mukarnas. The main part is octagonal, crowned by a sixteen sided roof.
Its wide portal, which can be reached with two flights of stairs, each with three steps, is on the eastern facade of the turbe. On both sides of the door are the columns and capitals in high relief, decorated with geometrical motifs. Same type of columns are fonud on each corner of the main part. At the upper part, the octagonal main part is divided into two bending outward and in this way the octagonal body is turned into a sixteen sided body.
The human figures hidden among the lion figures, a two-headed eagle, some fabulous creatures and floral motifs in bas-relief and high relief are interesting.
Two of the four lion figures are on the southwestern facade, in high relief, symetrical and sitting on their rear legs whereas the toher two on the western facade are in bas-relief, walking into opposite directions. The double-headed eagle figure is in the arched niche on the western side. The tips of the wings, in the shape of dragons, are characteristic of typical Seljuk style.
Two of the four fabulous creatures are symetrically placed above the window arch on the southwest side of the turbe and the other two, again symetrically, above the window on the nroth side.
Each of them is with the head of a human and the body of a bird.
According to beliefs of Shaman of Central Asia, these motifs are creatures in the shape of birds accompanying and protecting people travelling in the underworld and the sky.
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