Sadabad Mosque
- Changes after its construction
- It was built in 1722 by Ahmed III and was destroyed during the Patrona Halil Rebellion.
- It was repaired by Selim III in 1789 and then rebuilt in 1809 during the reign of Mahmud II.
- It was rebuilt in 1863 by Sultan Abdulaziz’s chief architects Sarkis and Agop Balyan.
- It underwent various repairs in 1904 and 1940; the minaret finials fell and the dome was damaged in the 1939 earthquake.
- It was looted during World War II, restored by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality in 1997 and reopened in 1998.
- Its pier was removed after 1940 and re-erected during the 1998 restoration.
- Prominent Features
- It is also known as Aziziye Mosque, Çağlayan Mosque and Kağıthane Mosque.
- Influenced by Western architecture, it is a building with double rows of windows, cut stone walls and a wooden dome.
- Its neo-Gothic style minaret allows access to the balcony via two separate staircases, accessible from the inside and the garden.
- The signature of Sultan Abdulaziz and a ten-line poem by the poet Kamil are located on the door of the mosque.
- In the mosque garden, there was a marble pool, rose and tulip decorated areas and a prayer area; today, it has been restored while preserving some of its structural features.
