Mosque

Karadavut Paşa Mosque

It was repaired by the trustee Hüseyin Agha in 1817-18.
It was repaired again by another benefactor Hüseyin Agha, in 1831-32.
It was repaired after a fire by Hacı Aziz Agha in 1867-68.
An extensive repair was carried out between 1963 and 1966; a dome was added to the central space and its architectural features were changed.
In the 1960s, the courtyard walls were removed and the primary school donated by Şehid Ali Pasha was also demolished in the process.

The mosque has a transverse structure; the narthex is bordered by closed walls on two sides and has a roof covered with eight columns and diamond-shaped capitals.
The mosque may have been planned as a tabhane (a charitable institution established to distribute hot food to the poor and madrasah students) mosque; its side sections were built as smaller, domed rooms.
During the last renovation, the wooden ceiling was removed and the middle section was covered with a dome.
The mosque’s mihrab is tiled, its minbar and preacher’s pulpit are marble. The mosque’s single-balcony minaret is made of cut stone, and there is a fountain built later in its courtyard.
The large porch on the northern side of the mosque, which does not have a women’s gallery, is used as the narthex.
It has two doors opening to the courtyard and today, the shrine of Alemdar Ahmed Baba is located next to the grave and sidewalk.