Bıçakçı Alaaddin Mosque

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Construction Year:

1504

Location:

Fatih, İstanbul

Ordered by:

Bıçakçı Alaaddin Ali

Architect:

Unknown

- Changes after its construction:
  • It was renovated by Ismail Efendi in 1868.
  • It was brought to its present state with the repairs carried out by Hacı Şevki Efendi in 1893.
  • It was repaired with public assistance in 1966, 1975 and 1990.
- Prominent Features:
  • It is a rectangular building, its walls are made of stone and brick, and its roof is made of wood.
  • Its squat, masonry, single-balconied minaret, built on a four-sided base, is separate from the mosque.
  • The interior walls of the mosque, which is entered from a small courtyard, are covered with paneling.
  • The mihrab is made of plaster.
  • Women’s gallery and muezzin’s gallery are made of wood. There is a narthex in the mosque.
  • There is an inscription on the side of the mihrab wall facing the street.
  • There is also an inscription bearing the date 1893 on its active fountain.
  • The adjacent primary school was demolished in 1930.