Atik Valide Sufi Lodge
Changes After Construction:
- The lodge was restored in 1970 and converted into a student dormitory.
- The complex was registered in 1979; in 1992, the complex and its immediate surroundings were declared a protected site.
Prominent Features:
- The structure was also known by the names Atik Valide Sultan Lodge and Karabaş-ı Veli Lodge.
- The lodge was designed with the character of a madrasa plan; it has a porticoed courtyard arrangement surrounding the cells.
- It functioned as a Şabaniyya lodge whose ritual day was Sunday.
- In the porticoes surrounding the courtyard, a layout of 35 square-planned, domed cells is described; the octagonal base of the fountain at the center of the courtyard has survived to the present day.
- Above the arched entrance gate is a poetic inscription that bears no date.
