Changes After Construction
After the lodge was damaged in the Horhor Fire, it was rebuilt by Kasap Hoca Niyazi Efendi.
Because the wooden frame had lost its load-bearing capacity, the structure was vacated and fell into an abandoned state.
During the restoration process, the timber-frame system was reconstructed; the interior plaster and wooden façade cladding were removed, and the deformation in the structural system was corrected.
The wooden lath ornamentation on the ceiling of the tevhidhane and the wooden dome in its central bay were suspended, cleaned in a workshop setting, consolidated, and completed.
The restoration of the structure was completed as of 13 August 2018.
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It is also known by the names Aksaray Uşşaki Lodge and Mehmed Emin Efendi (Naqshi-Qadiri) Lodge.
The lodge was recorded as one of the important Uşşaki centers in Istanbul.
Its first founder was Mehmed Emin Efendi of Kırkağaç, and its second founder was Sheikh Mehmed Fahreddin Efendi.
The structure is a two-storey wooden lodge building.
