Beyazıt Ağa Mosque

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Construction Year:

First built in 1453, rebuilt in 1954-1957

Location:

Fatih, Istanbul

Ordered by:

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.