Derviş Ali Mosque

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Construction Year:

Although the exact date of construction is not known, there is a foundational record dated 1512.

Location:

Fatih, İstanbul

Ordered by:

Mimar (Architect) Derviş Ali (One of the architects of the Bayezid II era)

Architects:

Mimar Derviş Ali

- Changes after its construction
  • It was rebuilt in 1812 after falling into disrepair for a long time.
  •  In 1978, the remaining walls were demolished and rebuilt by the Mosque Construction
    Association.
- Prominent features
  • Its walls are built of two rows of bricks and one row of cut stone; its ceiling is flat and
    plastered with concrete, and its roof is covered with tiles.
  •  The mosque has a rectangular plan and a single entrance door.
  •  Its minbar is made of white-orange marble, its mihrab is made of black-white marble,
    and its pulpit is made of wood.
  •  The interior walls are covered with wooden paneling up to one meter high.
  •  There are three windows on each side wall, top and bottom, and two windows on the
    mihrab wall.
  • The small minaret on the left has a polygonal body on a square base and a lead-coated
    cone with a Mevlevi (Mawlawi) coin-shaped finial on it. The place of call-to-prayer is
    without a balcony, and is inside.
  •  There are nine graves in the garden, but Derviş Ali's grave no longer exists.