Aşçıbaşı Mosque
Changes after its construction
- The mosque, which fell into disrepair over time, was taken out of use in 1935 and demolished in 1943.
- In 1993, it was rebuilt by Yıldız Technical University and opened for worship.
Prominent features
- The building, which has a single minaret and a single balcony, has a small graveyard; there are five graves in the graveyard.
- Its founder, Pervane Mehmet Efendi, was buried in the mosque’s graveyard.
- The courtyard wall of the mosque, which extends along “İnadiye Cami Street”, is made of large cut stones, and there are two windows on the right side of the door and six windows on the left side.
- In front of the courtyard gate there is a fountain without an inscription.
- The mosque, which was open to worship until 1935, was later demolished and could not serve for many years; it was finally rebuilt in its original form in 1993.
- Historical records state that there was a school on the left side of the mosque, but this structure has not survived to the present day.
- The fact that it is mentioned together with the cemeteries and graves from the Ottoman period (for example, the grave of Yusuf Ağa from Yağlıkçı Tradesmen) in the region shows that the mosque has been an important religious and social center of the district throughout history.
