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.