Tamburacılar Mosque
mosque in Edirne, northwestern Turkey
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Overview
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Tamburacılar Mosque stands in the central district of Edirne, in the Dilaverbey neighbourhood on Tüfekçiler Sokak. It was built by a benefactor named Hacı Hüseyin, son of Kemal. The mosque takes its name from the Tamburacılar Bazaar, which previously occupied the site.
The building has a rectangular plan and a timber roof, and it sits within a small courtyard that contains an ablution fountain (şadırvan). Its cut-stone minaret, with a single balcony and a conical cap, rises from the middle of the southwestern façade. The mosque also houses a library of roughly 5,000 books that is open to the public.
History
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The mosque was commissioned by the benefactor Hacı Hüseyin, son of Kemal. The available material does not give a date of construction.
In 1997 it underwent extensive restoration. During this work, an adjoining depot belonging to Ali Erbayraktar was donated and incorporated into the mosque, raising its capacity from 70 worshippers before the restoration to 500.
From Wikipedia
Tamburacılar Camii, Edirne il merkezinde Kemal oğlu Hacı Hüseyin ismindeki hayırsever tarafından inşa ettirilen cami. Cami yeri, önceden Tamburacılar Çarşısı olduğu için cami bu ismi almıştır.
Dikdörtgen planlı ve ahşap çatılı cami küçük bir avlu içerisindedir. Tek şerefeli, konik külahlı, kesme taşla inşa edilmiş minaresi, caminin güneybatı cephesinin ortasında yer almaktadır. Caminin avlusunda bir şadırvanı bulunmaktadır.
Cami 1997 yılında geniş bir onarımdan geçmiş; onarım öncesi 70 olan kapasitesi, bitişiğindeki Ali Erbayraktar'a ait deponun da bağışlanıp camiye katılmasıyla birlikte caminin kapasitesi 500 kişiye çıkarılmıştır. Caminin yaklaşık 5.000 kitaplık kütüphanesi de halka hizmet vermektedir.
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Sources
© OpenStreetMap katkıcıları (ODbL): https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1353791052
Wikipedia (tr): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamburac%C4%B1lar_Camii