Sitti Hatun Mosque

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Construction Year:

16th century

Location:

Fatih, İstanbul

Ordered by:

Sitti Hatun, daughter of Zenbilli Ali Efendi

Architects:

Unknown

- Changes after its construction
  • The minbar was added by the scholar Ağazade Mehmet Efendi.
  • The mosque, which fell into disrepair over time, was rebuilt by the public in 1952, preserving its original walls and with a wooden and tiled roof.
- Prominent features
  • It has a large garden.
  • The minbar, the muezzin’s gallery and the women’s gallery are made of reinforced concrete.
  • Its stone mihrab is embedded in the wall and its niche is designed as five-sided on the inside.
  • The pulpit of its short minaret is made of stone, the body is made of brick, and it has a single balcony.
  • Near the mosque is the grave of Seyyid Seyfullah, the son of Seyyid Nizam, a descendant of Husayn ibn Ali.