Sokullu Mehmet Pasha Mosque

Beyoğlu, Turkey

Place of worship· Mosque

Sokullu Mehmet Pasha Mosque Reviews | Rating 4.9 out of 5 stars (8 reviews)

Sokullu Mehmet Pasha Mosque is located in Beyoğlu, Turkey on Azapkapı, Tersane Cd.. Sokullu Mehmet Pasha Mosque is rated 4.9 out of 5 in the category place of worship in Turkey.

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Azapkapı, Tersane Cd.

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Marek Pýcha

The best Mosque we visited :)

huseyin arkin

One of the greatest mosques of Istanbul built by Mimar Sinan

parviz Ahamadzadeh

SOKOLLU MEHMET PASHA MOSQUE The mosque was constructed by Mimar Sinan commissioned by Sokollu Mehmed Pasha in 1578 The mosque which was built in the style of Selimiye Mosque was raised by constrücting underground cellars to its basement due to its place that people and their boats had croweded Dueto the fact that the mosque was constructed right outside the Galata Walls, it was called as Azapkapı Mosque, too.The minaret of the mosque was constructed separately on the left side.The reason for this;is that the structure is very close to the sea.There is no courtyard.Narthex is reached via the stairs in both ways.Rectangular planned mosque's mihrab sticks out.The main dome is based on eight arches.Side sofas form a floor with a portico.The dome is surrounded by corridors shaped like U. Mihrab's front sticks out to outside and its top was covered with a semi-dome.Eight supports carrying the central dome were reflected to outside and their tops were covered with dome.Tile applications are seen in the interior As it was damaged in the fire of 1807 and its minaret partially being demolished, it has been reconstructed starting from the pulpit section.Shortly before the Balkan Wars and World War I, mosque was repaired but the repair was suspended due to the war and it stayed a wreck for long years to come.Mosque went under an extensive repair in 1938, and only after then could be opened for praying in 1941. As the original inscription of the mosque on one of the doors was broken, it was rewritten by Kamil Akdik according to its old pattern in 1941 again.Dome writings are the works of Halim Efendi, one of the latest era calligraphers

M.Hamza Arslan

One of Istanbul’s many jewels

Cam Graves

We visited around midday on a Sunday. It is padlocked closed and perhaps has some maintenance happening inside (not this day). Exterior is nice and clean and there is a nice historical fountain nearby.

Mohamed Yones

Beautiful Mosque in the sea side of golden horn

Emil Kuliyev

Interesting

Dark Lord

Cami muhteşemm. Mimar Sinan'ın en sade eserlerinden... Camiler zaten sade olmalı. Hocamla da tanıştık konuştuk 30dk kadar. Allah kendisinden razı olsun. Hoş sohbet bir insan. Camiye geldiğinde çok kötü bir haldeymiş. Kendisinin çabası ve gayretiyle mükemmel bir iş çıkarmış. Buyrun gelin efendim. Allah kabul etsin. Dua eder dua bekleriz :)