İlyas Zade Mosque
- Changes after its construction
- It was demolished in 1954 as part of the Topkapı road widening works and replaced with London asphalt
- It was rebuilt in 2006 in accordance with the original
- The social complex consisting of the imam’s mansion, tomb, and fountain (registered in the name of “Sakine Hatun” in the Registry Book) was also destroyed in the same period and has been reorganized today.
- Prominent features
- It is also known as “Sakine Hatun Mosque”
- The founder of the mosque, which was first endowed in the 16th century, was İlyaszade Şücaeddin Efendi, one of the important Ottoman authors of the period
- The fact that the building is recorded as belonging to Mimar Sinan makes it an example of classical period Ottoman architecture
- The mosque, which was destroyed due to road construction in the 1950s, was rebuilt in 2006 in a manner close to the original
- This building, also known as the “Sakine Hatun Mosque,” is recorded in the foundation records as a charity of the İlyaszade family
- The minbar and the preacher’s pulpit are decorated with geometric shapes and are made of wood; the mihrab is made of patterned marble in the direction of the qibla
- There are star patterned decorations on the ceiling.
