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The interior of the mosque, formerly the church of Christ Pantokrator. The Byzantine opus sectile floor lies under the carpet. Shortly after the Fall of Constantinople the main church was converted into a mosque, while the monastery served for a while as a medrese. [8] The Ottomans named it after Molla Zeyrek, a scholar who taught there. [8]
Zeyrek is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Fatih, Istanbul Province, Turkey. [1] Its population is 12,863 (2022). [2] It is a picturesque but poor neighbourhood. It takes its name from the huge and prominent Zeyrek Mosque which started life as a Byzantine church and sits on a plateau, overlooking the Golden Horn. [3]
Zeyrek Mosque Hagia Sophia Yeni Valide Mosque. These Byzantine structures were converted to mosques by the Ottomans. Arap Mosque; Atik Mustafa Pasha Mosque; Bodrum Mosque; Eski Imaret Mosque; Fenari Isa Mosque; Hirami Ahmet Pasha Mosque; Gül Mosque; Hagia Sophia [2] Chora Church now Kariye Mosque. Kalenderhane Mosque; Kasım Agha Mosque ...
The Zeyrek Çinili Hamam was built in the 16th century. Now, following 500 years of wear and tear, it’s reopening – and offering the same experience it did in 1530. The 500-year-old hamam ...
Şeyh Süleyman Mosque (Turkish: Şeyh Süleyman Mescidi) is a mosque in Istanbul converted from a former Byzantine building which was part of the Eastern Orthodox Pantokrator Monastery. Its usage during the Byzantine era is unclear. The small building is a minor example of architecture of the Byzantine middle period in Constantinople.
Turkey formally converted The Church of St. Saviour in Chora, known as Kariye in Turkish, into a mosque in 2020, soon after it similarly turned Istanbul’s landmark Haghia Sophia into a Muslim ...
The Church of the Pantocrator, a church favoured for imperial burials in the latter Byzantine Empire, became the Zeyrek Mosque. The Church of SS Sergius and Bacchus, a church built by Justinian I, became a mosque dubbed the Little Hagia Sophia. The Church of Saint Andrew in Krisei, became the Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque.
It was the Patriarch Constantius I (1830–1834) who identified the Eski Imaret Mosque as the old Pantepoptes church. [1] Although this identification has been generally accepted, Cyril Mango argued [2] that its location didn't allow a complete overview of the Golden Horn, and instead suggested the site currently occupied by the Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque as an alternative placing for the ...