LITTLE HAGIA SOPHIA MOSQUE The building was built by the order of Justinian – he is also the founder
of Hagia Sophia- towards the year 530. Because the two works bear some
similarities in terms of plan, it was called Little Hagia Sophia in the Ottoman
period. In the same courtyard, there was..
MAIDEN’S TOWER
The Maiden’s Tower is located in
Üsküdar, 150-200 meters off the coast of Salacak. Although there is no exact
information about when the Maiden's Tower was built, some sources say that the
tower’s architectural construction goes back to 341 BC.
Previous names of the Mai..
Mihrimah Sultan Camii /
Mosque The construction
of the complex, which is considered to have been built by Suleiman the
Magnificent in the name of his daughter Mihrimah Sultan, began in the first
years of the 1540s and was completed in 954 (1547) according to the mosque
inscription. One of ..
NEW MOSQUE
This is a mosque-based complex located at the most visible point of the
Eminönü area, which was once a crucial center of shipping trade. Aside from the
mosque, the complex includes elements such as a royal pavilion, a kindergarten,
a school for Qur'anic studies and bazaar shops. Thi..
NURUOSMANIYE MOSQUE Nuruosmaniye Mosque, also known as Osmani and Nuruosmani, is located in
Çemberlitaş, Fatih district in İstanbul. Its unique feature is that this is the
first mosque that was built with Ottoman baroque style in İstanbul. The mosque
and its social complex (külliye) is an im..
NUSRETİYE MOSQUE Nusretiye Mosque is another
imperial mosque but one that does not bear the name of its benefector. ‘Nusret’
means victory and there are different opinions about what this ‘victory’ refers
to. The strongest one is that it refers to the abolution of the guild of the
Janissari..
ORTAKOY MOSQUE
As with many Istanbul mosques, this mosque started life under a different
name than the one it’s currently known by. It used to be called the Great
Mecidiye Mosque (pronounced Majidiyah), after its patron Sultan Abdulmecid (pronounced
Abdulmajid), who was the Sultan of that time..
PROPHET MUHAMMAD
“O Prophet! We have sent you as a witness, and a deliverer of good news,
and a warner, and a caller to the Way of Allah by His command, and a beacon of
light.” [Qur’an 33:45–46]
Today, about twenty percent of the world's population is Muslim and
Muhammad (peace be..
RUSTEM PASA MOSQUE Although
it is certain that this mosque was constructed in the name of Rüstem Paşa,
grandvizier and the son-in-law of Süleyman The Magnificient, the construction
started after the death of pasha in the year 1561. The characteristics of the
mosque's plan is reinforcement o..
SEHZADE MOSQUE
In the year 1543, Prince Mehmed, second son of Suleyman the
Magnificent, died. This left his father in a state of deep grief. To
commemorate his son, the sultan ordered chief architect Mimar Sinan to build a
mosque complex named after Mehmed.
In addition to the task of ..
Şemsi Paşa Camii /
Mosque It is a small complex consisting of a
mosque, madrasa and tomb in the district named after itself on the coast of
Üsküdar and was built by Mimar Sinan in 1580. Former Beylerbeyi of
Damascus Vizier Shamsi Ahmed Pasha commanded to build this mosque. Shamsi..
SOKULLU MEHMET PASHA MOSQUEThe Sokullu Mehmet Pasha Complex is a work consisting of a mosque, a
madrasa (college of that time), a lodge, a fountain, and a graveyard in
Istanbul Kadırga, built by Mimar Sinan in 1571. It is considered one of Sinan's
most beautiful works. Sokullu Mehmet Pasha served..