Cevri Kalfa Mosque

Cevri Kalfa Mosque

Year Built
17th century
Commissioned By
Cevri Kalfa
Architect
Unknown
Location
Uskudar
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Changes After Construction

  1. After the Bektashi lodge, thought to have been founded in 1770, was destroyed, the Cevri Kalfa Mosque was built.

  2. It underwent a major restoration in 1884 and gained its current appearance.

Featured Highlights

  • 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.

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