Ferruh Kethüda Mosque
congregational mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
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Overview
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Ferruh Kethüda Mosque is an Ottoman-period mosque in the Fatih district of Istanbul, in the Balat area within Ayvansaray neighbourhood. It is also known as the Balat Mosque and is recorded as a work of the architect Mimar Sinan. The building is modest, with a plain tiled roof and a dome over the interior. A sundial is set into the qibla wall, and the mihrab is covered with valuable tiles. During the Ottoman period the mosque also served as the ritual hall (tevhidhane) of a tekke belonging to the Sünbüliye branch of the Halveti order.
History
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In the Ottoman period the building also functioned as the tevhidhane of a tekke of the Sünbüliye branch of the Halveti order.
After 1925 the mosque was out of use for a long time. It was repaired in 1960 and reopened for worship.
From Wikipedia
Ferruh Kethüda Camii ya da Balat Camii; İstanbul ili, Fatih ilçesinin Balat semtinde bulunan Mimar Sinan eseri cami.
Ayvansaray mahallesi, Mahkemealtı Caddesi üzerinde yer alır. Osmanlı döneminde Halvetiyye tarikatının Sünbüliye koluna ait bir tekkenin tevhidhanesi olarak da kullanılırdı. 1925'ten sonra uzun süre hizmet dışı kaldı; 1960'ta onarıldı ve yeniden ibadete açıldı. Düz kiremit çatılı, içten kubbeli, mütevazı bir bina olan caminin kıble duvarında bir güneş saati vardır. Mihrabı, değerli çinilerle kaplıdır.
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Sources
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferruh_Keth%C3%BCda_Camii