Changes After Construction
It was rebuilt in its current form in 1891 due to the destruction of the original structure over time.
The mosque, which fell into disrepair over time, was revived in 1901.
According to legend, the masjid got its name “Sweet Well” from the water that Suleiman the Magnificent brought here. It is true that there was such a fresh water well; however, this well was closed during sewerage works in the 1970s.
The mosque was repaired between 1974 and 1977.
A narthex was added to the back in 1986.
Its ablution area was renovated by Fatih Municipality in 2019.
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The mosque has a square plan, its walls are made of stone; its roof is covered with wood and tiles.
Its ceiling is wooden and various shapes are given with sticks.
Its mihrab is made of tiles, its minbar and pulpit are wooden.
The room added to the right side of the women’s gallery is made of wood like the muezzin’s gallery.
Its single-balcony minaret is made of stone on the right side of the mosque; its entrance is from the inside and has a stone cone.
The mosque’s wide-eaved roof also covers the narthex.
Reflecting the old impression, its two side windows are in baroque style and the upper windows are designed with pointed arches.
It is known as the “Tatlı Kuyu Mosque” and “Mushliddin Çavuş Mosque”.
The tomb of its benefactor is on Esma Hatun Mektep Street.
There are tombs in the mosque’s graveyard; one of them belongs to Sayyid Sheikh Mustafa Niyazi Efendi from Naqshbandiyya Sufi Order.
