Atik İbrahim Paşa Mosque

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Construction Year:

1492-1495

Location:

Fatih, İstanbul

Ordered by:

Grand Vizier Çandarlı İbrahim Pasha (The son of Mehmed the Conqueror’s Grand Vizier Çandarlı Halil Pasha)

Architect:

Unknown

- Changes the building has undergone since its construction
  • The mosque, which fell into disrepair over time, was repaired and reopened for worship in 1965 with the support of the public.
- Prominent features of the mosque
  • It is also known as İbrahim Pasha Mosque and Çandarlı İbrahim Pasha Mosque.
  • It was built using cut stone as a rectangular planned mosque. It has a narthex sitting on eight round marble columns. Inside the Harim, there are upper galleries on the right and left. The ceiling is carried by four columns and covered with suspended square bars. As Evliya Çelebi stated, it has no dome and the roof is covered with tiles.
  • The mosque receives light from a total of 33 windows, providing ample illumination.
  • The base of the single-balcony minaret has eleven sides and is connected to the body via vertical diamond shapes. The body is as thick as the base and the balcony is in its original state.
  • Its walls, from the floor to the upper windows, are covered with tiles, as is its mihrab. Its minbar is made of wood, showing classical Ottoman decorative features.