Genç Osman Mosque

The Genç Osman Mosque has the distinction of being the first Sultan’s Mosque (Selatin Cami) built by the Ottoman sultans outside the city walls of Istanbul.
Next to the mosque were Genç Osman’s hunting lodge, bathhouse and vineyard.
The two fountains built on the right and left sides of the qibla wall of the mosque were in working order until the 1990s, but the fountain on the left was destroyed.
The water sources on the west side that provided water to the mosque were destroyed during the construction of the imam lodgings and the Imam Hatip School.
In order to keep the mosque alive, foundations and funds were established in Syria and various parts of Istanbul by Sultan Osman II. However, most of these have disappeared today.

The mosque was built in accordance with the classical Ottoman architecture of the period.
There was also a hunting lodge next to the mosque built by Sultan Osman II.
The two fountains on the qibla wall of the mosque were known as fountains that poured hot water in the winter and icy cold water in the summer.
Approximately 20 personnel, including the imam, muezzin, trustee, duster and other servants, were serving in the mosque.
After the assassination of Osman II in 1622, during the reign of Murad IV, the area where the Janissaries lived was subjected to cannon fire and thus the mosque was largely destroyed.