Serçe Hatun Mosque
Changes After Construction:
- The building was originally established as a wooden masjid.
- Between 1925 and 1930, the masjid was in a well-maintained condition.
- In the 1940s, the masjid fell into ruin; it was removed from the official staff register and sold.
- The wooden structure has not survived to the present day; no physical trace of the old building remains.
- The mosque that is open for worship today was rebuilt in 1998 after the loss of the historical structure.
- During the last construction process, the grave said to belong to Serçe Hatun disappeared.
Prominent Features:
- The present mosque is a reinforced-concrete reconstruction; it contains no structural elements from the historic wooden masjid.
- The building was designed as a small-scale place of worship; this scale is reflected in the preference for a simple interior arrangement.
- The inscription arrangement on the garden wall referring to Serçe Hatun is a distinctive element related to the continuation of the building’s name and memory within the site.
