Yeşilköy Mecidiye Mosque

Yeşilköy Mecidiye Mosque

Year Built
1909 (Also mentioned as 1911)
Commissioned By
Sultan Mehmed V Reşad
Architect
Mimar Kemaleddin Bey (Chief Architect of the Ministry of Foundations)
Location
Bakirkoy
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Changes After Construction

  1. The construction, which started in 1909/1911, was completed only during the Republican period.

  2. The narthex is two-storey, closed and covered with a reinforced concrete slab; the upper floor is used as a women's gallery. Additions in the form of sheds have been made to the narthex.

Featured Highlights

  • It was built in the style known as the First National Architectural Movement (Turkish Neo-Classical).

  • It has a rectangular plan, almost a square, a single dome and a single-balcony minaret.

  • The dome, which sits on an octagonal drum, is supported by horizontal concrete slabs instead of traditional corner pendentives. The dome has a wide and flat appearance and sits directly on the main walls.

  • The cylindrical, short and thick-bodied minaret has a single balcony and the underside of the balcony is decorated with muqarnas (stalactites).

  • The mosque has a cut stone facade and its windows are made in both pointed and horseshoe arches. There is a construction inscription on the south door.

  • The white marble mihrab attracts attention with its muqarnas decorations. The upper part of the wooden classical style minbar is covered with a pointed cone. There are both classical and baroque style hand-drawn decorations in the Harim and narthex.

  • The mosque has a small courtyard and there are octagonal columns on both sides of the courtyard gate.

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