Muhsine Hatun Mosque
- Changes after its construction
- At one time, there was a small mosque converted from a church on the site of this mosque.
- A janissary had a small lodge and dervish cells built in the space in front of the mihrab wall.
Sheikh Zarifi Efendi, who was brought from Egypt by Suleiman the Magnificent, also sat in this
mosque, but the mosque was destroyed in an earthquake. Muhsine Hatun, out of respect for the
Sheikh, had a new mosque built here and another small lodge in front of the mihrab. - It underwent repairs in the late 18th and 19th centuries and took its current form, and the lodge
was removed.
- Prominent features
- The mosque is also known as the “İbrahim Paşa Mosque” and “Çifte Gelinler Mosque”.
- Ibrahim Pasha had it built upon the request of his wife Muhsine Hatun.
- It has a rectangular plan, masonry walls and a wooden roof.
- There are three long rectangular windows on each wall, and these windows are pointed.
- The ceiling, minbar and pulpit are made of wood; the mihrab is covered with tiles.
- There is a two-storey gallery on wooden posts on the north wall.
- The minaret of the mosque, which has two sections, has a base made of cut stone and a body
made of brick, and has a single balcony and iron railing.
