Nurettin Üçbaş Madrasa
Changes After Construction:
- It was damaged in the Balat fire of 1729.
- In 1918, it was used by the Family Provisions Commission.
- For a period, it was used as a Qur’an course.
- It was repaired in 1960 and 1989.
- The survey, restitution, and restoration projects were approved by the conservation board; preliminary work for the restoration implementations was initiated.
Prominent Features:
- It is also known as the Üçbaş Madrasa and the Üçbaş Nurettin Hamza Madrasa.
- It is part of a composition that shares the same courtyard with the masjid; it consists of rooms placed on the north, east, and south sides of the irregularly planned courtyard, to the east of the masjid.
- The doors of the rooms open onto a lean-to supported by wooden posts, which takes the place of a portico.
- With the portico arrangement carried by wooden posts in front of the cells and the tiled wooden roof above the masonry walls, it displays a plain early-period madrasa architecture.
- According to its inscription, it was built in Hijri 939 (1532–1533).
