Ali Paşa Mosque
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- Changes the building has undergone since its construction
- The building, which was destroyed by fire, was ordered to be rebuilt by Grand Vizier Ali Pasha in 1869, during the reign of Sultan Abdulaziz.
- It was damaged again in the Great Mercan Fire, remained in ruins for 37 years and was restored and opened for worship between 1949 and 1953.
- Prominent features of the mosque
- It is also known as Ağa Mosque or Yakub Ağa Mosque.
- It is an octagonal, single-domed, brick structure on an elevated ground. It consists of two additional sections except the first section covered with a dome. Its mihrab is cement plastered, and its minbar is wooden. Its walls, minbar and preacher’s pulpit are covered with tiles. It has a tent-type upper gallery.
- Its single-balcony minaret is hexagonal and has long, thin windows on its body. The mosque’s inscription was written by Kazasker (Military Judge) Mustafa İzzet Effendi and bears the signature of Sultan Abdülaziz.
- On the lower floor of the mosque, where the old fountain was located, there are now four shops. Their rental income is received by the foundations.
- The first founder of the mosque, Yakub Agha, is buried across the Ak Türbe (White Shrine) in the Otakçılar district of Fatih. The funeral prayers of those who died in the Old Palace were performed in this mosque.
