Sokollu Mehmed Pasha III Mosque
Also known as: Sokollu Mehmed Pasha III Mosque
mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
Key facts
- Built
- 1566
- Architect
- Mimar Sinan
- Foundation/Institution
- Sokollu Mehmed Paşa
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Overview
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The Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque in Büyükçekmece, Istanbul, is a 16th-century Ottoman building also known as the Köprübaşı (Bridgehead) Mosque. It was designed by Mimar Sinan for the grand vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha and is one of three mosques bearing this name that Sinan built in Istanbul. Today only the minaret, one gateway and a low wall remain. The minaret is carved from a single block of stone, a design described as unique in Turkey, with one comparable minaret known in Egypt. The mosque stands beside the eastern end of the Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Bridge.
History
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The mosque was built in 1566 to a design by Mimar Sinan, for Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, who served as grand vizier from 1565 to 1579. It was placed beside the eastern end of the Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Bridge. At the time, Büyükçekmece was countryside rather than the district of Istanbul it is today.
From Wikipedia
The Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Sokollu Mehmet Paşa Camii), also known as the Köprübaşı (Bridgehead) Mosque, is the ruin of a 16th-century Ottoman mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey.
The ruin is situated in Büyükçekmece which is now a district of Istanbul, but would have been in the countryside at the time the mosque was built. It was designed by Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan (c. 1488/1490-1588) and built for the grand vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha (in office 1565–1579) in 1567. It is one of the three mosques with the same name built by Mimar Sinan in Istanbul.
Only the minaret, one gateway and a low wall remain of the mosque. The minaret is unusual in that it is 'monolithic', carved from a single piece of stone. The design is unique in Turkey, there being one similar minaret in Egypt.
The mosque was constructed beside the east end of the Kanuni Sultan Suleiman Bridge.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9_%D8%B5%D9%82%D9%84%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7_(%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%83_%D8%AC%D9%83%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A9)
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokollu_Mehmed_Pasha_Mosque,_B%C3%BCy%C3%BCk%C3%A7ekmece
Wikipedia (id): https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Sokollu_Mehmed_Pasha_III
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokullu_Mehmet_Pa%C5%9Fa_Camii_(B%C3%BCy%C3%BCk%C3%A7ekmece)
Wikipedia (ur): https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%82%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%8C_%D8%A8%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%A9_%DA%86%DA%A9%D9%85%DB%81%D8%AC%DB%92