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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 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 ...
Air pollution in Turkey, such as fine dust from traffic, is a serious problem in Istanbul. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Although the historic peninsula was partially pedestrianised in the early 21st century, [ 3 ] a 2015 study found that this is the part of the city which would benefit most from a low emission zone . [ 4 ]
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.
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 ...
A large madrasa complex was also built around the mosque. Immediately after the conquest, groups of Islamic scholars transformed the major churches of Hagia Sophia and the Pantocrator (today the Zeyrek Mosque) into mosques, but the Fatih Mosque and its surrounding complex was the first purpose-built Islamic seminary within the city walls. The ...
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.