Hoca Hamza Mosque
- Changes after its construction
- Its minbar was built by Nevşehirli Damat İbrahim Pasha and the small masjid was converted into a mosque.
- Prominent features
- It is also known as the “Devoğlu Mosque” due to the fountain located nearby, built by Ali Ağa Deveoğlu in 1966.
- It is made of simple rubble stone and has a wooden roof. It has an mihrab made of fine gilded marble and a thick veil.
- The mihrab is marble, the minbar and the preacher’s pulpit are wooden. The ceiling is wooden and divided into square-shaped slats. The windows are long and in a single row. There are two windows on the right and one on the left of the altar wall. On the left is a single balcony, pointed-topped minaret made of brick.
- The side of the entrance to the mosque facing the mihrab is separated from the large prayer area by a wooden railing, like the muezzin’s gallery. The width of this area is in the form of two prayer rows and there is a women’s gallery on top. The women’s gallery is accessed by the wooden stairs on the left.
