Sururi Daye Hatun Mosque
- Changes after its construction
- It underwent extensive repairs in 1907.
- It was last renovated in 1987.
- Prominent features
- The people who breastfeed and care for babies instead of their mothers are called “daye” in Ottoman Turkish. The mosque is also known as “Daye Hatun Mosque” because its benefactor was the “daye” of Suleiman the Magnificent.
- It is a building with masonry walls and a roof.
- Its single-balcony minaret is located on the right side of the mihrab, right next to the entrance door.
- The interior is entered from the narthex, where there is a wooden balcony added later.
- The upper gallery of the mosque is accessed by the interior stairs.
- The fountain is located at the back of the mosque.
- There are a total of four windows in two rows, one above the other, on the wooden ceiling and walls.
- Its walls are covered with tiles up to the bottom level of the upper windows, and the mihrab, minbar and preacher’s pulpit are also adorned with tile decorations.
- The graveyard is located to the right of the mihrab.
- The founder of the mosque is buried in a shrine opposite the Sultan Mosque in Yavedut.
