Hacı Hasan Mosque

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Construction Year

16th century

Location

Fatih, İstanbul

Ordered by

Rumeli Kazasker (Chief Military Judge) Mehmed b. Mustafa b. Hacı Hasan (Hacıhasanzade Efendi, the grandson of Hacı Hasan)

Architect

Unknown (It is stated as Mimar Sinan in Evliya Çelebi's work, it is not for certain)

Changes after its construction
  •  It was destroyed by a fire in 1857-58 and rebuilt by Hüseyin Agha.
  •  It underwent extensive repairs by the Foundations Administration in 1965.
  •  Its leaning minaret was rebuilt in 1981.
Prominent Features
  •  The minbar of the mosque was placed by Sheikh al-Islam Kara Ismail Efendi (d.1725). The mosque is made of cut stone with a wooden roof.
  •  The rows of bricks and stones of the minaret are arranged in such a calculated way that its body is decorated with a two-colored pattern of stone and brick in the shape of a diamond.
  • The mosque was repaired by the Foundations Administration in 1965, the upper part of the minaret body was rebuilt, the base of the rebuilt minaret was made of stone, and the top was made of brick and stone.
  •  The mosque mihrab is made of marble, the minbar, ceiling and pulpit are made of wood. The entrance to the women gallery is from inside. There is an ornamented window above the mihrab with the inscription Lafza-i Celâl (The Name of God). The courtyard is surrounded by a wall built of rubble stone. There is a fountain without an inscription next to the garden gate.
  •  Adjacent to the right facade of the mosque, entered from the Harim, is a unique minaret built with a diamond pattern of stone and brick.
  •  Because the minaret is inclined, it is also known as the Crooked Minaret among the public.
  •  The area near the mosque, where the tomb of its founder Hacıhasanzade Efendi is located, is used as a children playground today.
  •  The famous scholar, the late Gönenli Mehmed Efendi, gave service in this mosque between 1950 and 1955.