Hüsambey Mosque
Changes After Construction:
- It was completely destroyed in the earthquake in 1766.
- It was later rebuilt.
- The mosque burned down in 1911 and was revived by Halil Efendi.
Prominent Features:
- It is also known as the “Tezgahçılar Mosque” and the “Sunullah Efendi Mosque”.
- It is stated in the sources that Hüsameddin Hasan Bey had the minbar installed or rebuilt.
- The mosque has a transverse rectangular plan, is made of masonry and has a flat ceiling.
- Its roof is sloped on four sides and covered with tiles.
- The interior walls of the Harim are covered with wooden paneling up to the bottom of the windows and covered with tiles up to the ceiling.
- The entrance to the prayer room is through a wooden double-winged door. There is muezzin’s gallery on the right and left, and above them is the upper gallery, including the narthex. The fronts of the upper gallery and the muezzin’s gallery have wooden railings.
- There are two long windows on the mihrab wall and the right wall.
- There is a large room on the left wall, and in order to connect the two structures, the two pots on the right wall of the building are opened to the ground and no longer serve as windows.
- The women’s gallery is also made of wood.
- The minaret from inside the mosque has a single balcony and is made of stone.
- At one time, the mihrab was made of plaster, the minbar and the pulpit were made of wood, but all of these were covered with tiles. The ceiling is covered with wood.
- Next to the mosque, there is a school built on an octagonal plan. This school is used as a lodging.
- Sunullah Efendi’s father, Cafer Çelebi, is also buried in the graveyard.
- A new prayer area was created with the concrete addition made to the left of the mosque, which has gasilhane (washing area for the dead).
