Cevri Kalfa Mosque
Changes after its construction
- After the Bektashi lodge, thought to have been founded in 1770, was destroyed, the Cevri Kalfa Mosque was built.
- It underwent a major restoration in 1884 and gained its current appearance.
Prominent features
- Another name known among the public for the Cevri Kalfa Mosque, which has a single minaret and a single balcony, is “Nuhkuyusu Mosque”.
- In the area where the mosque is located, there was a Bektashi lodge in the 1770s.
- It is thought that this mosque was built on the site of the lodge that was demolished after the Janissary Corps was abolished in 1826.
- Even though their written stones are gone, two twelve-lobed Bektashi caps still look like the first day.
- Its cut stone-covered exterior is architecturally striking.
- Its minbar is made of wood, and its dome and walls are decorated with hand-drawn patterns.
- Its blind dome is placed on four arches.
- There are high and large windows on three facades.
- The minaret on the right is made of cut stone, and its shaped cone and finial are made of stone.
- There is no inscription anywhere in the mosque.
- It has a small treasury.
- The oldest dated stone in the graveyard is dated 1785 and belongs to Sheikh Ismail Efendi.
- There is a small graveyard in front of the – mihrab and two twelve-lobed Bektashi caps.
