Kepenekçi Sinan Mosque
Changes After Construction:
- It underwent a major repair in 1968; some additions were made during this repair.
- It was repaired again in 1994.
Prominent Features:
- The walls of the mosque are made of cut stone; the roof, ceiling and minbar are wooden, and the mihrab is made of plaster.
- The additional section is entered from the narthex.
- The lower windows are rectangular and have marble arches around them.
- The upper windows have honeycombs and are oval-shaped.
- The upper gallery is accessed by a wooden staircase.
- There is a place with two arches in the lower section.
- The mosque is divided into two sections by a wall, has two mihrabs and is entered from two separate doors.
- There is a brick minaret with an embossed balcony on the front right side.
- The mosque remains in a pit today due to the road being raised.
- Its benefactor, Kepenekçi Hoca Sinan Efendi, died in 1562 and was buried outside Edirnekapı, opposite the Emir Buhari Mosque.
