Fethi Çelebi Mosque
Changes After Its Construction:
- It was rebuilt in 1683 by Kızlarağası (Agha of the House of Felicity) Gazanfer Agha and a madrasah and fountain were built next to it.
- The works added by Gazanfer Agha during the restoration of the mosque in 1989, when it was demolished down to its foundation level and rebuilt, have not survived to the present day.
Prominent Features:
- It is also known as the Otakçılar Mosque.
- Around the mosque is the Grand Vizier Semiz Ali Pasha Fountain.
- The minbar of the mosque was placed by Grand Vizier Bayram Pasha.
- According to legend, it is the mosque where Mehmed the Conqueror prayed during the last Friday prayer before the conquest of Istanbul.
- The building is built of crushed stone and its roof is wooden. The narthex of the mosque is covered with wood.
- Its minaret is on the west, that is, on the right. The cube of the minaret is made of three rows of bricks and one row of cut stone, while the minaret itself is made of five rows of bricks and one row of cut stone. The balcony is surrounded by cut stone. The cone of the minaret is covered with lead.
- The interior of the mosque has a wooden ceiling. The mihrab is made of marble and the minbar is made of wood.
