Changes After Construction
It was originally built as the dervish lodge of the Uşşaki Order.
The post was later passed to Sheikh Mehmed Emin Tevfik Efendi and Sheikh Şahap Efendi.
After the dervish lodges were closed, it was used as a local and community center for a while.
It was repaired with the help of the public in 1951-1952 and was opened for worship as a mosque, losing its original appearance.
During these repairs, only the fountain dating from 1562, embedded in the courtyard wall, was preserved in its original form.
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It is also known as “Halid Efendi Lodge”.
It has a square plan, a concrete ceiling, and a wide eaves roof covered with tiles.
Its minbar and pulpit are made of wood, and its mihrab is covered with marble.
There are no windows on the mihrab wall. There are two windows on the right wall and four windows on the left wall.
The interior wall skirts of the mosque are paneled and covered with patterned tiles.
On the right, the structure with a grooved body, a lead-coated cone, and a concrete minaret attracts attention with its gallery.
In the south of the mosque, there is a fountain with an inscription in abjad calculation and a hexagonal marble fountain in its courtyard.
