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Its minbar was placed by Kazgani (Kazancı) Hacı İsmail Agha, the scribe of the 71st “Cemaat” (Community) of the Janissary Corps.
The mosque and school built by Kadıasker (Military Judge) Mehmed Efendi were destroyed by an earthquake in 1763.
Janissary Chief Mustafa Agha, who lived in the same period, rebuilt the school and the mosque.
In the great fire of 1918, the mosque and the school were completely burned and the land was occupied.
The mosque was revived between 1960 and 1980 through an association established by charitable people.
The mosque, which was damaged in the 1999 earthquake, was found to be unstable according to the analyses conducted by Istanbul Technical University and was closed to worship and demolished in 2012.
It was designed by Fatih Municipality in 2016, rebuilt by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and opened for worship in 2019.
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It is also known as “Parmakkapı Mosque”.
Marmara marble was used in the courtyard, mihrab and minbar of the mosque.
The minbar includes a wooden preacher’s pulpit and a wooden muezzin's pulpit.
The interior has been decorated with a completely unique hand-drawn decoration.
