Hasanpaşa Mosque

AUDIO NARRATION:

CONSTRUCTION YEAR:

1899

LOCATION:

Kadıköy, İstanbul

ORDERED BY:

Bozcaadalı Hasan Hüsnü Pasha (Minister of the Navy of Sultan Abdulhamid II)

ARCHITECTS:

Unknown

Changes After Its Construction:
  • It was built in 1899 on the site of a mosque that had previously burned down.
  • In 1993, a basement floor with an entrance from the narthex was added in order toincrease the congregational capacity of the mosque.
  • The primary school located to the east of the mosque has disappeared over time, andonly its marble inscription has survived to the present day.
  • The square fountain located next to the mosque lost its former function due to urbanplanning and fell into disrepair over time.
  • Instead of the original basin, a new basin made of brick and concrete was added to thefountain.
Prominent Features:
  • It is also known as the “Hasan Pasha Mosque” or “Kaptan Hasan Pasha Mosque”.
  • It is a square plan building with a dome on the inside and a tiled roof on the outside.
  • Above the door of the narthex, there is the signature of Sultan Abdulhamid II within arose bouquet in relief.
  • The mihrab is located between the marble columns in the interior.
  • It is decorated with hand-drawn ornaments and the dome has a sliced appearance withgilded strips coming out of the star in the middle. These slices are decorated with Rumi-palmette and naturalist flower motifs.
  • There are curtain tassel decorations on the upper parts of the qibla and side walls.
  • The minaret emerging from the women’s gallery is in the Empire style; its vertically flutedbody resembles a column, and its balcony is decorated with acanthus leaves andvolutes, giving it the appearance of a Corinthian column capital.
  • The mosque location among triangular roads offers a remarkable location.
  • In the past, there was a primary school and a square fountain in the courtyard of themosque; however, only some ruins have survived to the present day.