İmaret Mosque

İmaret Mosque

Year Built
15th century (Estimated)
Commissioned By
Unknown
Architect
Unknown
Location
Buyukcekmece
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Changes After Construction

  1. The current structure was built in the 19th century.

  2. A wooden staircase leads to the three-story women's gallery from the right of the narthex.

  3. The main prayer area has a square plan and is separated from the narthex by a wide arched passage.

Featured Highlights

  • It is located between bazaars and shops, which is why it is thought to be called İmaret (name used for public soup kitchens in the Ottoman Empire) Mosque.

  • It is entered from under an eave supported by two wooden columns.

  • There is a window on both sides of the door and the right and left walls of the narthex.

  • There are two windows on the mihrab wall.

  • There is the Zeynep Dudu Fountain in the mosque courtyard, but the mosque does not have an inscription.

  • It was built with the "Bursa style" or "inverted T-plan" mosque architecture, specific to the early period of the Ottoman Empire. This type of structure is also called the "zaviyeli cami" (a mosque with a zawiya).

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