Katip Şemseddin Mosque
- Changes after its construction
- While it was in ruins in 1982, it was repaired and opened for worship with the support of the
community.
- Prominent features
- Also known as the “Cankurtaran Mosque”, the building built of stone has a flat roof covered
with tiles; its interior and exterior walls are covered with cement plaster, and its ceiling is made
of wood. - Its mihrab is marble; the minbar and the preacher’s pulpit are wooden.
- Its ceiling is covered with wood; there are three rectangular windows, one above the other, on
the left and right walls. - Its minaret has been rebuilt from brick with a single balcony, true to the original.
- Its basement is made of stone, and the mosque is accessed by a few steps.
- The narthex, which has an open surrounding, is positioned on 4 wooden pillars, and the roof of
the mosque also covers the narthex. - The graveyard contains the graves of the mosque benefactor Katip Şemseddin, İbrahim
Agha, Başyamak Halil Agha, and the Aghas of Harem-i Hümayun (Imperial Harem) Hamdullah
Agha and Mustafa Agha.
