Hasodabaşı Hasan Ağa Madrasa
Changes After Construction:
- The earliest repair that can be identified in the madrasa is dated 1870.
- Another repair was carried out in 1881.
- The 1894 earthquake caused serious damage to the structure; in 1895, a plan was prepared for its demolition and reconstruction.
- The reconstruction process could not be started until 1899.
- The madrasa retained its function as an educational structure until 1914; after 1914, it acquired a residential function.
- After the Beyazıt fire of 1918, those left homeless used the structure as a shelter.
- In the early 2000s, most of the structure was used for housing; the classroom section was used as a depot.
Prominent Features:
- It is also known as Horhor Madrasa and Hasan Agha Madrasa.
- It has an arrangement of porticoes around a rectangular courtyard and cells behind the porticoes; the number of cells is 10.
- Opposite the entrance there is a square classroom; next to the classroom there is a primary school.
- It is one of the single-storey masonry madrasas that have survived in the Aksaray area; residential use has damaged the architectural integrity of the structure.
- The traces of the courtyard and the cells remain legible despite late-period interventions.
