Malatyalı İsmail Ağa Mosque
Changes After Its Construction:
- The mosque, which fell into disrepair over time, was repaired in 1902 by Şevket Pasha, a military dignitary from the reign of Sultan Abdulhamid II
- The upper part of the minaret, after the balcony collapsed as a result of a lightning strike in 1926, was repaired in 1974
- And there are different narrations that the benefactor himself is buried in Rhodes (Murat Reis Tomb Graveyard) or in Malatya.
Prominent Features:
- It is an example of a small-scale Ottoman mosque with its body walls built of cut stone and its wooden roof
- It has a single minaret and a single balcony, and its minaret is made of cut stone
- The sahn (prayer room) is approximately 60 m² and has a monolithic marble minbar
- The interior, illuminated by lower and upper windows, contains a niche-shaped mihrab
- There is a window on the minaret side and a door next to it opening to the tomb; the minaret rises on the four walls of this tomb
- The only window of the tomb overlooks the courtyard, and the wooden coffin inside has been removed
- And the tombstone of Malatyalı İsmail Ağa is located in the cemetery next to the minaret.
