Müeyyetzade Mosque
Changes After Its Construction:
- The mosque was closed due to neglect and remained only as four walls; being used as a wood warehouse and lumber workshop for many years.
- In 1950, it was repaired and opened for worship with the support of the neighborhood residents and tradesmen under the leadership of Cemalettin Lokman Cankurtaran.
- The wall of the building facing the street, which has deviated from its original appearance, is made of stone and brick, and the courtyard was covered and turned into a congregation area; a fountain and toilet were added.
- Prominent features of the mosque
- According to legend, the founder of the mosque, Müeyyedzade Mehmet Effendi, is known as a miraculous baby who survived by suckling his dead mother.
- Müeyyedzade Mehmet Efendi, who was then taken to the palace and rendered great services to the Ottoman Empire, had the mosque built for this memory.
- The mosque was built on an area of 350 square meters and partially preserves its historical identity with its original minaret.
- Müeyyedzade Mehmet Efendi’s grave is adjacent to the wall of the mosque.
