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Construction year: 1562-1563

The city it is located in: İstanbul

The borough it is located in: Fatih

The neighbourhood it is located in: Balat

Address: Molla Aşkı Quarter, Ferruh Kahya Street, Balat, Fatih

How to reach the place: To reach this mosque, take a bus that travels along the seaside road between Eminönü and Eyüp. Get off at the Balat bus stop and enter the street across from the stop.

Monument type: Mosque

The function today: Mosque

The ownership: Department of Pious Foundations

The bibliography that link the building to Sinan: TE, TB, TM

Information about the monument: This mosque is the only building that has remained to this day from a group of structures, mosque, a lodge, a courthouse, and a fountain, within the small Complex built for Ferruh Ağa by Sinan. It has was damaged during the 1766 earthquake and the 1877 Balat fire and went through large scale restoration efforts. The narthex and almost all of the minaret were restored to a great extent. The was covered with Tekfur Palace tiles during the 18th century, to be preserved in a good condition. recently during the 2000s, all of the interior walls and the narthex were covered with tiles. This intervention has resulted in some loss of harmony in interior spaces.

The other monuments of Sinan similar to this building: Valide Sultan (Ayakapı) Bath House, Memikethuda Masjid,

The other monuments similar to this building: Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Library of Women's Works

Last Update: 27.11.2015

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