Sekbanbaşı Yakupağa Mosque
- Changes after its construction
- It remained in ruins for many years.
- In 1969, it underwent extensive repairs and its minaret was rebuilt.
- It underwent another restoration in 1997 and took its current form.
- Prominent features
- It was built as an elevated structure and has an interior area of 466 m².
- It has a single-balcony brick minaret and a narthex.
- The upper floor of the narthex is included in the Harim as the inner gallery. The women’s gallery is separated by a wooden cage.
- The interior of the mosque is accessed by 11 steps. The ceiling, mihrab, minbar and preacher’s pulpit are made entirely of wood.
- The wall thickness is 65 cm; it has a solid structure.
- Sekbanbaşı Yakup Agha Mosque is one of the early Ottoman conquest mosques, and is particularly notable for its high structure and the shops below it. According to Hadikat’ül Cevami, its benefactor, Yakup Agha, is buried in his shrine in Aksaray.
