Maktul Mustafa Paşa Mosque
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- Changes the mosque has undergone since its construction
- In 1774, with Seyit Ahmet Efendi, one of the sheikhs of the Naqshbandi Order, becoming the imam, the mosque became a place where the Naqshbandi Order gathered and a lodge was added to its courtyard.
- After the dervish lodges and zawiyas were closed during the Republic Period, the building fell into ruin.
- It was restored and reopened for worship in 1998. During the last restoration, the porches of the mosque were covered with glass.
- Prominent features of the mosque
- The mosque, built of cut stone, has a small prayer area. It has a simple stone mihrab and a wooden minbar. The courtyard door opens from the street and a beautiful fountain welcomes those entering the courtyard.
- The mosque was built as a social complex with a fountain courtyard and madrasah rooms arranged in a U shape. There are porticos in front of the domed rooms, and they were covered with glass in the last restoration.
- In addition to the tombs of the Naqshbandi sheikhs, the tomb of Molla Şeref, one of the scholars of the Mehmed the Conqueror period, is also located in the mosque’s graveyard.
- Grand Vizier Çorlulu Köse Mustafa Pasha is known as the “Victim” because he was executed, and this title was also given to the mosque.
