Bayezid II period (As I registered in the Foundation Records in 1503)
Location:
Fatih, İstanbul
Ordered by:
Katip Şemseddin (Chief clerk during the reign of Bayezid II)
Architects:
Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles
- 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.