Mosque

Ramazan Efendi Mosque

It was damaged after the great fire in 1782 and was repaired by Hamamizade İsmail Dede Effendi in 1818-1819.
It has gone through various repair and maintenance processes; a comprehensive restoration was carried out by Fatih Municipality in 2023.
The wooden dome and Iznik tiles were damaged over time, and the original motifs on the tiles were renewed with some repairs.
The marble minbar originally had a wooden upper part, but in recent years it has been renovated entirely in marble.

It is also known as the Hüsrev Çelebi Mosque, Bezirganbaşı Mosque and Bezirganbaşı Hace Hüsrev Mosque.
The mosque is a rectangular structure with a single minaret and a hipped roof. Its architecture is simple, but its interior is richly decorated with 16th century Iznik tiles.
The interior walls are covered with Iznik tiles up to the window level, and the tiles feature rich motifs such as pomegranate flowers, peonies, tulips, carnations, Chinese clouds, leaves and rumi folds.
There are giant candles on both sides of the mihrab and a chandelier hanging from the ceiling. The mosque’s rows of windows allow light to spread throughout the interior.
The marble mihrab is designed in a simple and elegant way, while the minbar is made of marble and is made in accordance with the classical Ottoman style.
The wooden roof of the mosque is covered with a square-patterned, painted ceiling, giving the space a special depth.
The fountain is rectangular in plan and decorated with marble networks in the middle of the courtyard, and there are fountain niches in the shape of a Bursa arch on three sides.
In the courtyard, there is a cemetery where the graves of Sheikh Ramazan Efendi (founder of the Ramazani branch of the Khalwatiyya order) and the founder of the mosque, Hüsrev Çelebi, are located.