Ali Pertek Mosque
- Changes after its construction
- It underwent its first major restoration in 1763.
- The mosque, which fell into ruin due to neglect after it was closed in 1937, was restored and reopened in 1960.
- Prominent Features
- The building, also known as the Bey Mosque and Hamam Mosque, was built with rubble stone and brick. It has a prismatic building mass and high stone walls around it, resembling the Rumeli Hisarı.
- There are triple window groups on the north, west and east facades, and double window groups on the south facade. The upper row of windows has pointed arches, while the lower row consists of rectangular windows with deaf pointed arches.
- Its minaret has a square base, bricks were used in its grooved body, and it has a single balcony and a conical spire.
- The place of worship is simple and bright. The windows in the upper section are colored with plaster decorations and stained glass in yellow, blue, green and red. The women’s gallery is raised on eight wooden pillars.
- Its minbar is made of wood; it is recorded that it was placed by Grand Vizier Bayram Pasha during the reign of Sultan Murat IV.
- At the corner of the mihrab wall, there is a fountain built in 1715 by Defterdar İbrahim Pasha’s son, Rakım Mehmet Pasha, in dedication to his father’s soul.
