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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]
The mosque was built, probably in the 18th century, [2] by someone by the name of Keçeci Hayreddin [3] or by the name of Sankiyedim. [4]At some point the mosque was rebuilt by Adanalı Mehmet Şakir Ağa, and at some point the building burned, but was rebuilt by İmamzâde Hasan Efendi, reopening in 1868.
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 ...
Turkey is known for beaches and summer sailing, but it’s one of the best places in Europe to heli-ski. As well as pristine runs and waist-high powder, the Kaçkar mountains allow visitors to ...
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 ...
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 ...