Category Historical places

Grand Mosque

The fourth Sultan Yıldırım Bayazid built it. Sultan Şeyhül İslam Molla Fenari read the first sermon at the opening ceremony where Emir Sultan was also present and Hamidüddin from Aksaray called Somuncu Baba and made the first sermon. Shortly after…

MAUSOLEUM OF EMIRSULTAN

As his Majesty Emir Sultan (1368-1429), who was granted the Sufism rank of a “veli”, was a descendant from the Prophet’s blood-line, he was granted the title of an “emir”, or “ameer”, and as he conquered the hearts, he was…

THE TOMB OF MURAT I.

HISTORY The tomb of Murad l. who was martyred after the Victory in Kosovo in 1389, was built by his son Yıldırım BAYAZİD the tomb, which was destroyed in the eartquake in the year 1855, was rebuilt by Sultan Abdülaziz…

NEW BEZZAZ MOSQUE

This mosque was built by a merchant called Bezzazzade Ahmet, and by-named İbn-i Bazergan, during the reign of Mehmed the Conqueror (1451-1481). Although being also known as ”Reyhan mosque” situated in the neighbourhood of the same name, the orginal ”Reyhan”…

MURAT I. MOSQUE AND MADRASAH

The construction of the mosque, which was built by Sultan Murad I, began in 1363. The building, which is one of the inverted ‘T’ planned mosques of Turkish Islamic Architecture, has two floors. The two-storey portico application, the lower floor…

THE COMPLEX OF BAYAZID II.

It is by the River Tunca. It is a complex composed of the mosque, medical school, a hostel, hospital, recovering house, candle house, bathhouse, and a mill. However, the bathhouse and the mill were ruined. The Architect Hayrettin built the…

The Old Mosque

The construction of the mosque was started in 1403 by Emir Suleyman Çelebi. It was completed in 1414 under Çelebi Sultan Mehmet. The architect is Haji Aladdin of Konya and the master is Omer ibn Ibrahim. This mosque was named…

THE MOSQUE WITH THREE BALCONIES

THE MOSQUE WITH THREE BALCONIES The mosque is located in Edirne.It was built upon the writ of Murat II during 1438-1447. According to some sources, it is accepted that Architect Muslihuddin (Architect of Sinan’s master) and Şehâbeddin built it.It is…

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