Softa Hatip Mosque

Softa Hatip Mosque

Year Built
17th century
Commissioned By
Softa Hatip (Founded a foundation in mosque’s name and made it built)
Architect
Unknown
Location
Fatih
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Changes After Construction

  1. It has been completely rebuilt.

  2. The first floor of the basement was used as a woodshed in October 1961.

  3. It underwent various repairs between 1964 and 1982.

Featured Highlights

  • It is also known as the “Bodrum Mosque” and the “Saatçi Yokuşu Mosque”.

  • Its minaret is located at the corner of the covered narthex.

  • It is a building with a quadrangular plan and a tiled roof.

  • The body of the minaret remained inside the narthex, which was closed during the last renovation, and its upper part was removed from the hollowed-out roof.

  • When viewed from the street, the minaret appears squat and built into the wall of the mosque.

  • The bottom of the balcony is decorated with brick and herringbone ornaments and has a single balcony and iron railings.

  • The volume has a square plan and is illuminated by a total of eight windows, two on each wall.

  • Entering from the street door, there is a 12-step wooden staircase from the first section of the narthex; the building has a total of three floors with a basement.

  • From the first floor is a road to the second floor through an arched passage and then three steps of stone stairs.

  • The second floor of the basement is like a balcony without railings and is designed to be able to see the bottom floor.

  • On the third and lowest floor of the basement, opposite the stairs, there are two sidewalks and, on the right, there is a marble water tank-fountain with two taps for ablution.

  • Its mihrab is made of marble, and its ceiling, minbar and preacher’s pulpit are made of wood.

  • There are two rectangular windows on each wall.

  • It is a mosque that also has an upper gallery.

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