Changes After Construction
It suffered a fire in 1892 and was renovated by the Naval Minister, Bozcaadalı Hasan Hüseyin Pasha, in 1895.
Various repairs have been made in recent years, but it has lost much of its original historical texture.
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Its walls are made of masonry (a mixture of stone and brick), and its roof and minbar are made of wood.
It has a single-balcony minaret, and its lower part is built of stone and brick.
It is built on a 200 m² land, and its prayer area is 80 m².
There are lodgings, ablution facilities and restrooms in a three-story building adjacent to the mosque.
It is known as the "Oldest Taht Kadı Mosque" in Istanbul and bears the traces of the post-conquest period.
“That Kadısı” means the Judge of Istanbul, or he was also called the "Mullah of Istanbul". Mehmet Efendi, who was Taht Kadısı, passed away in 1468 and was buried in the garden of the mosque.
