Cebecibaşı Mosque

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Construction Year:

1488

Location:

Fatih, İstanbul

Ordered by:

Mevlana Ali bin Ibrahim

Architect:

Unknown

- Changes after its construction:
  • It was renovated by Şücâeddin Agha as its second commissioner in the 18th century.
  • It was repaired by the Ismailağa Mosque Association in 1959 and 1974.
  • The mosque has a rectangular plan, the walls of the lower floor are made of stone and the upper floor is made of reinforced concrete.
- Prominent Features:
  • Its mihrab is made of marble, its minbar and preacher’s pulpit are made of wood.
  • There is a muezzin’s gallery and a women’s gallery. The entrance to the upper gallery is from the narthex.
  • The ceiling is concrete and the middle is decorated. There are a total of six ornamented windows, two on the front and two on each side wall.
  • The minaret, on the back right side of the mosque, is built of bricks and its cone is covered with lead.
  • The interior walls are covered with wooden paneling about one meter above the ground.
  • The mosque has no courtyard and next to it there is a Quran course, a student dormitory and a small and well-maintained cemetery.