Arabacı Beyazıt Ağa (Head of Sekban for Mehmed the Conqueror)
Architect:
Unknown
- Changes after its construction
The building, which fell into disrepair over time, was rebuilt between 1954 and 1957 with the help of the community under the leadership of the Fatih Society.
- Prominent Features
It is also known as Arabacı Beyazıt Ağa Mosque.
It has a square plan, cut stone construction and a hipped roof.
The walls were rebuilt with stone and brick, the ceiling with concrete and the roof with tile covering.
It contains a women’s section and a muezzin’s gallery.
The preacher’s pulpit and the minbar are wooden, and the mihrab is made of stalactite.
The narthex was built as a protrusion.
The minaret on the right is equipped with two rows of windows.
There is an ablution basin of historical value in the fountain in the courtyard.
The entrance to the mosque is in the form of a small porch (a structure that protects the entrance of a door or any passage from rain, sun, etc. like a small roof and whose back is to the wall).
There is a wrought iron courtyard gate from the street, and there is an ablution urinal on the right in the courtyard.
The grave of its founder, Arabacı Beyazıt Ağa, is located on the qibla side of the mosque.
Opposite the mosque is the Gazi Ahmet Paşa Mosque and Social Complex.