Çinili Ottoman Primary School

Çinili Ottoman Primary School

Year Built
1638 - 1640
Commissioned By
Mahpeyker Kösem Valide Sultan
Architect
Koca Kasım Agha
Location
Uskudar
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Changes After Construction

  1. The structure was repaired in the 1960s and gained the function of a children’s library.

  2. The water reservoir window beside the stone staircase leading up to the school was turned into a door; this section was used as a woodshed.

Featured Highlights

  • It is also known as Mahpeyker Kösem Sultan Primary School.

  • It is one of the units of the Çinili Mosque Complex located outside the courtyard.

  • It is a square-planned, single-domed fevkani structure; the classroom is reached by a fifteen-step stone staircase.

  • It is lit by a two-tier window arrangement; the lower windows have iron grilles, and the upper clerestory windows have plaster grilles and round brick arches.

  • There is a fireplace in the interior and niches in the walls.

  • The water reservoir of the fountain is located beneath the school.

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