Feneryolu Recai Yahya Mosque

Feneryolu Recai Yahya Mosque

Year Built
1945
Commissioned By
Zeynep Güzide Belerman (Wife of Recai Bey, Director of the School of Political Science)
Architect
Vasfi Egeli (Chief Architect of Istanbul Foundations)
Location
Kadikoy
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Changes After Construction

  1. It was completed in 1945 and opened for worship in 1946.

  2. It was expanded in 1977.

  3. It was restored in 2015.

Featured Highlights

  • It is a building with a single minaret and a single balcony.

  • There is a fountain in the garden.

  • It has a square plan and a hipped roof.

  • The walls are made of masonry, the roof is wooden and tiled.

  • The mihrab is made of plaster, the minbar and the pulpit are made of wood.

  • The windows are arched and decorated with stained glass.

  • There is a women gallery on the upper floor.

  • The muezzin gallery is made of wood.

  • The entrance to the mosque is provided from the narthex.

  • Its interior decoration includes panels and ornaments written in calligraphy.

  • It is located opposite Marmaray Feneryolu Station.

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