Yatağan Mosque
mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
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Overview
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Yatağan Mosque stands on Yatağan Hamamı Sokağı in the Ayvansaray quarter of Istanbul's Fatih district. It is also recorded as the Hacı İlyas Yatağan Mosque and is registered as a cultural asset requiring protection. It has a single minaret with one balcony and a tiled roof. The side walls and the qibla wall are of stone, while the minbar and pulpit are of wood and the mihrab is of marble. The ceiling is covered in timber, and the women's section, also wooden, is on the upper floor. The former last-congregation porch was later enclosed and made part of the prayer hall, so the front facade, with its wood, concrete plaster and plastic windows, no longer reflects the original design. The courtyard also holds an aging plane tree.
History
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The building was commissioned during the reign of Mehmed II by Hacı İlyas Ağa, the chief of artillery (topçubaşı), as a small mosque (mescit). In 1598, under Mehmed III, a minbar was added and it became a full mosque.
The name "Yatağan" is linked to Yatağâni Dede. During the reign of Süleyman II a fountain was built near the mosque in his name, and he was buried in the mosque's graveyard. The grave of Hacı İlyas Ağa lies to the right of the building, and that of Yatağan Dede just to the right of the minaret.
From Wikipedia
Hacı İlyas Yatağan Camii, İstanbul ili Fatih ilçesi Ayvansaray mahallesinde bulunan II. Mehmed döneminde inşa edilen camidir. II.Mehmed'in Topçubaşısı Hacı İlyas Ağa tarafından mescit olarak yaptırıldı. II. Süleyman döneminde Yatağâni Dede adına bir kişi tarafından cami yakınına çeşme yaptırılması ve ölümünden sonra cami haziresine defnedilmesi nedeniyle "Yatağan Camii" olarak da bilinir. III. Mehmed döneminde (1598'de) minber eklenerek camiye dönüştürüldü.
Caminin sağında Topçubaşı İlyas Ağa'nın mezarı ve minarenin hemen sağında Yatağan Dede'nin kabri bulunur. Cami avlusunda ayrıca kurumaya yüz tutmuş bir çınar ağacı vardır.
Tek minareli ve tek şerefelidir. Çatı kiremit ile örtülüdür. Minber ve kürsüsü ahşaptır. Mihrap mermerdir. Tavan ahşap kaplıdır. Kadınlar kısmı ahşap malzemeden yapılmış olup ikinci kattadır. Son cemaat yeri daha sonra kapatılarak camiye dahil edildiğinden caminin ön cephesi ahşap, beton sıva ve plastik pencereleriyle özgün mimarisinden uzaktır. Caminin yan duvarları ile kıble duvarı ise taş malzemeden oluşur.
Source: Wikipedia, article “Hacı İlyas Yatağan Camii”; quoted unchanged under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence. Read more on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0