Mosque

Şeyh Ebul Vefa Mosque

It was repaired in 1458; it was damaged in the earthquakes of 1766 and 1894; the madrasah and dervish cells were burned in the fire of 1782; it was repaired by Abdulhamid I in 1785.
The mosque, which suffered great damage in the fire of 1909, was demolished in 1912 and could not be rebuilt.
It was rebuilt with brick walls in accordance with the original and opened for worship by the Foundations Administration in 1994.

It is also known as the Sheikh Vefa Mosque.
The central dome, 11 meters in diameter, is placed on an octagonal drum and is supported by two half domes on the sides. The central dome and the side domes are connected to each other by round arches.
The mihrab has an octagonal plan and is covered with a half dome projecting outwards. There is also a door in the mihrab cavity that provides access to the hermitage.
The narthex with six marble columns and five intervals is covered with a dome with a diameter of 4 meters.
The mihrab, minbar and preacher’s pulpit are made of marble; there is also a women’s gallery and Muezzin’s lodge inside the mosque. The walls are covered with paneling up to one meter from the ground.
It has a single balcony, is made of cut stone and has a lead coating.
The tomb of Sheikh Vefa was built in 1491. The square-plan tomb was built with three rows of bricks and one row of cut stone and has 8 windows. The tomb contains the graves of Sheikh Vefa and his caliphs Sheikh Ali and Sheikh Davud.
The Sheikh Vefa Complex, one of the religious complexes built in Istanbul during the Ottoman period, consists of many structures such as a mosque, madrasah, tomb, graveyard, bathhouse and fountain. The complex, known for the spirituality of Sheikh Muslihuddin Mustafa Ibnu’l-Vefa, has an important place in the historical and cultural texture of Istanbul.