Hacı Hesna Hatun Mosque
Changes after its construction
- It burned down together with the tomb in the Sultantepe fire in 1890 and was rebuilt by Sultan Abdulhamid II in 1900.
- It was repaired by Hatice Hanım in 1957.
- It underwent restoration again in 1982, 2010 and 2015.
Prominent features
- From the outside it resembles a house.
- It gets light from five windows and is the size of a small room.
- It has no minbar.
- On the right side of the entrance door there is a fountain with a tap, and on the left side there is a repair inscription dated 1957.
- When you enter, there are ablution taps on the right, the minaret and tomb doorsopposite, and the prayer area on the left.
- The mosque and the tomb are under the same wooden roof.
- The minaret on the right is made of brick, and its cone and balcony are made of cut stone.
- It does not have a graveyard, but the stone tomb of Hacı Hesna Hatun is located on the qibla side.
