Uşşaki Mosque
- Changes after its 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.
- Prominent features
- 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.
