Mihrişah Hacı Kadın Mosque
Changes After Construction:
- There are two sources stating that it was built by Mihrişah Hatun, the daughter of Vizier İskender Pasha, or by Hızır Bey, the first judge of the Mehmed II period, on behalf of his daughter Hacı Kadın.
- In 1968, the women’s gallery and the narthex were rebuilt in reinforced concrete by the mosque association; the mosque’s mihrab was covered with tiles, and the minbar and the preacher’s pulpit were rebuilt in marble.
Prominent Features:
- The mosque was originally built with a square plan, with walls made of masonry and rubble stone, and a wooden roof.
- The single-balcony minaret that you can access from inside the mosque is original; its base and balcony railings are made of stone, and its cone is covered with lead.
- The two long windows on each wall are rectangular.
- The ceiling is made of slatted wood and covered with tiles.
- The mihrab, like the walls of the harim, is covered with tiles.
- The minbar and the pulpit are made of marble.
- The upper gallery is accessed from the narthex.
- Mihrişah Hatun is buried in the graveyard of the mosque.
