Yahya Efendi Sufi Lodge

The first core of the Sufi Lodge was established through a building/house arrangement used as a masjid-tevhidhane on the land purchased by Sheikh Yahyâ Efendi.
With the addition of a minbar to the tevhidhane, the mosque character of the space was strengthened, and the Sufi Lodge settlement grew around this core.
After the death of Sheikh Yahyâ Efendi in 1571, the Sufi Lodge was enlarged and rebuilt; this period was recorded as the main turning point that determined the present settlement layout of the Sufi Lodge.
With the closure of the Sufi lodges in 1925, the function of the Sufi Lodge came to an end; the tevhidhane/mosque unit continued to be used for worship.
In 2009, a restoration tender was held, and the implementation process was initiated with the site handover dated 20 May 2009; the restoration works were carried out on the Sufi Lodge structures within the scope of the approved projects.

The Sufi Lodge is regarded in the sources as one of the earliest tariqah structures in Beşiktaş, with a foundation date in the 16th century (945/1538).
The central space of the settlement is the tevhidhane; it is seen that the service and daily life units attached to the Sufi Lodge, such as the meşrutahane and matbah-ı şerif, were defined within the Sufi Lodge arrangement.
The Sufi Lodge is associated with the Naqshbandi tradition; the graveyard/cemetery fabric is treated as an inseparable part of the Sufi Lodge identity.
Some units attached to the Sufi Lodge, such as the “Kapıcıbaşı Room,” were recorded as separate inventory entries.