Ümmü Gülsüm Mosque
Changes After Its Construction:
- It was repaired and enlarged in 1952.
- The surrounding walls were repaired in 1982.
- It was expanded in 1989 by adding an addition to its left side.
Prominent Features:
- It is also known as “Çivizade Mosque”.
- It has a square plan, masonry walls, and a tiled roof.
- There is a maqsurah on each side of the worship stage.
- Its minaret with iron railings and a single balcony is built of brick, and the door of the minaret is in the maqsurah on the left.
- The narthex of the mosque, which is accessed by stairs, has a roof and is concrete.
- All the walls are covered with paneling from the floor to the bottom of the windows, and the other parts are covered with tiles up to the ceiling.
- There are 3 long windows on the right wall of the Harim (Prayer Hall) and 2 on the mihrab wall.
- The ceiling and minbar are made of wood, the mihrab is made of marble, and the preacher’s pulpit is covered with tiles.
- The women’s gallery has 6 wooden pillars and its exit is from the narthex.
- Naqshbandi sheikhs Abdülhay Efendi and Abdülaziz Efendi are buried here.
