Çorlulu Ali Paşa Mosque
- Changes the building has undergone after its construction
- It was damaged in the 1766 earthquake.
- It suffered greater damage in the earthquake of 1894.
- It was repaired by the Directorate General of Foundations between 1961 and 1965.
- The narthex with five marble columns and pointed arches is completely covered with glass.
- Prominent features of the mosque
- The complex consists of a mosque, a sufi lodge, a madrasah, a library and a graveyard.
- The walls of the mosque are built with one row of cut limestone and three rows of bricks in an alternating manner.
- The dome of the mosque is located on a square drum and there are four half domes at its four corners.
- The minbar and the preacher’s pulpit are made of wood, while the mihrab is made of concrete.
- Nearby are the tomb of Sinan Pasha, the conqueror of Yemen, his madrasah and a fountain.
- Today, there are eight of the madrasah rooms and three of the lodge cells.
