Şeyh Hüsameddin Mosque

Şeyh Hüsameddin Mosque

Year Built
1630
Commissioned By
Sheikh Hüsameddin Bursevi
Architect
Unknown
Location
Fatih
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Changes After Construction

  1. It was abandoned over time and when only its four walls remained, its stones were sold by a contractor.

  2. The mosque was revived thanks to the association formed by the people coming together between 1985 and 1988.

Featured Highlights

  • It is also known as “Tulumcu Husam Mosque”.

  • It was built from cut stone.

  • The minaret is built on the arch of the entrance gate, which is a rare feature, and is an interesting example from an architectural point of view.

  • The walls of the rectangular mosque are made of cast stones, and the ceiling is reinforced concrete and has a wooden roof.

  • It was built together with the women's gallery and the narthex.

  • Its minaret, which was rebuilt in accordance with the original, has a round body, a single balcony and a cast stone cone, starting from the second-floor level and above the door.

  • The inner wall skirts, columns, window tops, mihrab, minbar and preacher’s pulpit are decorated with Kütahya tiles.

  • There is a fountain with a dome and a marble chamber in its courtyard. It also has a marble-coated fountain for drinking water.

  • The garden is tidy and well-maintained, and there are some old graves in the mosque's graveyard.

  • Although it is said that Sheikh Hüsameddin Bursevi, who died in 1632, had a tomb here, his grave does not exist today.

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