Küçük Selimiye Mosque
- Changes after its construction
- It was repaired by Pertev Pasha in 1835 and the sheikh’s lodging, dervish cells and annexes were added.
- The wooden annexes were destroyed over time and private properties were built in their place.
- In the 1930s, the Royal Pavilion; and in the 1940s, some buildings were demolished and the Zeynep Kamil Hospital was expanded.
- It underwent extensive restoration in 2015.
- Prominent Features
- The building, also known as the Selimiye Tekke Mosque, Çiçekçi Mosque and Behçet-i Konevi Mosque, is a rectangular planned stone structure; it is made of rubble stone and brick, and its hipped roof is covered with lead.
- It has a single minaret and a single balcony and consists of a mosque-tevhidhane, a Royal Pavilion and a graveyard.
- The interior is decorated with woodwork and ornaments bearing traces of the Empire and Ottoman Baroque styles.
- The main gate has an inscription in verse written by Pertev Mehmed Said Pasha and decorated with the calligraphy of Yesarizade Mustafa İzzet Effendi.
- The Royal Pavilion supported by thin marble columns in the northeast corner of the mosque adds a unique beauty to the structure.
