Sormagir Mosque
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- Changes after its construction
- It was badly damaged by a fire in 1915, and only the ruins of the walls remained.
- The land was occupied by squatters for a long time.
- It was revived in its original form by the mosque association in 1979.
- It was rebuilt in 1984 on its old base with a single-balcony minaret.
- In 1989, the domes were covered with lead and the narthex porticoes were covered with glass.
- Prominent features
- The reason why the “Debbağzade Hacı Hüseyin Kethüda Mosque” is known as the “Sormagir Mosque” among the public is that one day, while Hacı Hüseyin Kethüda Efendi was sitting in the garden of the mosque, a stranger asked him who the owner of the mosque was and he replied, “Don’t ask, just enter.” (tr: Sorma, gir.)
- Its founder, Debbağzade Hacı Hüseyin Kethüda Efendi, is buried in the graveyard of the mosque.
- It has a single concrete dome and the narthex with its arcade is covered with 3 small domes.
- Their domes are covered with lead.
- The walls are built with rows of rough stones and bricks.
- Its mihrab is made of plaster; its minbar and the preacher’s pulpit are made of wood.
- The walls are covered with panelling up to half a metre high.
- The lower floor of the mosque, which has an upper gallery, is used as a summer Quran course.
- The fountain located to the left of the entrance of the mosque has an inscription dated 1732-1733.
