Changes After Construction
According to a folk tale, Çatmalı Mosque was built when Güzelce Kasım Pasha’s daughter, Belkıs Hanım, asked her father to build a mosque in her name with the materials left over from the construction of his father's Cami-i Kebir (Grand Mosque). The name of the mosque remained as “Çatmalı Mosque” due to this cramped (tr. çatmalı) construction.
The land next to the mosque was purchased and a five-story Quran school was built and opened in 1989.
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The mosque has a square plan and is covered with a roof.
The interior of the mosque is covered with tiles. Its mihrab, minbar and its walls are surrounded by a U-shaped gallery.
There are no windows on the west wall of the mosque, while the windows on the other facades are round arched.
The minaret located in the northwest corner is covered with plaster.
