Changes After Construction
The mosque, built during the reign of Mehmed the Conqueror, was rebuilt by Mimar Sinan during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent by Defterdar Süleyman Efendi, and a minbar was added during this process.
Not much has survived from its original form, but according to the inscription above the door, it was extensively repaired and enlarged by the Evkaf Nezareti (Foundations Administration) in 1874 after a fire.
During the expansion, it was extended, a basement was built underneath, and a second door was opened on the right side.
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It is also known as “Üsküplü Mosque” and “Çakır Ağa Mosque”.
The cube of its minaret and some of its walls belong to the Sinan period.
It has a single-balcony minaret and is accessed through the women's gallery inside the mosque.
It has a rectangular plan, is built of cut stone and its roof is covered with tiles.
Its ceiling is divided into rectangles with slats, and there is one long window on the right and left of the cornered mihrab on the south wall, one on the left wall, and three on the right wall.
The front of the upper gallery has a wooden railing.
On the right side of the Harim (Prayer Hall) is the muezzin's gallery.
There is a rectangular narthex.
Its mihrab is covered with Kütahya tiles, and its minbar and pulpit are made of wood.
