Haseki Hürrem Sultan Ottoman Primary School
Changes After Construction:
- The complex was damaged by fires and earthquakes; it underwent numerous repairs at different dates.
- The complex most recently underwent restoration between 2010 and 2012.
- Since January 20, 1976, the complex buildings have been used as an education center; the school unit functions as a meeting hall.
Prominent Features:
- The middle door of the three entrances to the complex from the street belongs to the school.
- The school is located to the east of the madrasa; it consists of a square-plan room with a flat ceiling and a sofa of equal size surrounded by an arched portico.
- One section is arranged as a closed/winter classroom, while the other is a semi-open/summer classroom.
- The unit, accessed by a two-way staircase with four steps each, features a configuration of an open classroom and a closed classroom.
- The facade facing the street is closed; it has two sets of upper and lower window openings.
- The inscription area is blank; the exact date of construction is unknown.
- There is a small burial ground next to the closed classroom; a significant portion of the gravestones belongs to the people who served in the complex and their families.
