Akseki Mosque

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Construction Year:

1453

Location:

Fatih, İstanbul

Ordered by:

Its first builder was Akseki Kemalettin Efendi (from “Ni'me'l-Ceyş”, the soldiers who took part in the Conquest of Istanbul)

Architect:

Unknown

- Changes after its construction:
  • It was renovated in wood by Reis ül-Küttab (Head Clerk) Dal Mehmet Efendi at the end of the 16th century.
  • It was rebuilt in wood in 1898 by Hacı Şevki Aşki Efendi, a sheikh of the Rifai order and a financial officer.
  • In recent years, it has been renovated in wood, true to its original.
- Prominent Features:
  • It is also known as Akseki Kemalettin Mosque and Dal Mosque due to its founders.
  • It is a small, two-storey, rectangular-plan, closed building entered from the narthex.
  • The entrance door of the wooden building is located on Eski Ali Paşa Street.
  • There are three long windows on the right and left walls of the masjid, and two windows on the mihrab wall.
  • The mihrab, minbar and preacher’s pulpit are made of wood.
  • The upper gallery, which extends along the north wall, is on two wooden posts and has a wooden railing in front.
  • The heart of the wooden ceiling is decorated with a seven-pointed star shape. The roof is covered with tiles.
  • The minaret is located on the right, where the narthex and the Harim meet; its base is made of cut stone and brick, its body is built of brick, its balcony is made of cut stone and its cone is covered with lead.
  • The entrance to the minaret is from inside the mosque. The graves of all three founders are in front of the mihrab wall of the mosque.