Şehzade Mehmet Madrasa
Changes After Construction:
- The complex was damaged in the fires of 1613 and 1633; it was repaired by order of Murad IV.
- Between 1994 and 1999, the buildings of the complex underwent a comprehensive restoration.
- The madrasa was used for a long time as a girls’ dormitory.
- After the most recent restoration, it was leased out.
Prominent Features:
- It is a madrasa with twenty cells, located on the northeast side of the outer courtyard wall.
- According to its construction inscription, it was completed in Hijri 953 (1546).
- It consists of twenty cells placed between the open and enclosed classrooms.
- Despite its asymmetrical plan layout, it conforms to the classical madrasa typology; a parallelism was established with the mosque in its design and decoration.
