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Formation of historical place

Vezirköprü nature and history of one of the oldest mosques.

Beautifully maintained place

It is in Taşkale neighborhood. It was built in 1659 by Ayşe Sultan, the wife of Köprülü Mehmet Pasha. Since it was not damaged much by the earthquake, it was able to maintain its originality. At the last congregation with three domes, the main place is reached with a wooden carved door. After 1945, the last congregation was closed with a display case. To the right of the wooden door is a door opening to the minaret, and to the left is a corridor with steps leading to the women's court. The main square square is covered with a dome sitting on a very high pulley. Three stained-glass windows on the dome pulley were subsequently built. The women's court is to the north of the main venue. The niche with 7 corners is mukarnas niche. The floor of the oil-painted altar is decorated with hexagons and stars. The pulpit of curved branches, diamond and flower decorated ebony wood is in the late period. The pen works on the dome are not original. The minaret with a single balcony cylinder body was destroyed and rebuilt in the earthquake.

It is a pleasure to pray in one of the historical mosques of our Vezirköprü Tarawih prayer is performed with hatim in Ramadan.

Built in 1659 by Ayşe Sultan, the wife of Köprülü Mehmet Pasha, the mosque is located in the Taşkale neighborhood of Vezirköprü district. Since it was not damaged much by the earthquake, it was able to maintain its originality. The main place is reached by a wooden carved door at the last congregation place with three domes. The last congregation place was closed with glazing after 1945. There is a door opening to the minaret on the right of the wooden door and a corridor on the left with the steps leading up to the women's arch. The main square-shaped space is covered with a dome that sits on a very high hoop. Three stained-glass windows in the dome drum were built later. The women's gathering is in the north of the main room. The 7-pointed mihrab niche is muqarnas. The flooring of the oil painted altar is adorned with hexagonal and stars. Curved branch, baklava, ebony tree with flower decoration, pulpit is late period. Pen works in the dome are not original. The single-chambered cylinder-bodied minaret was destroyed during the earthquake and rebuilt.

It is a historical mosque built in 1659 by Ayşe Hanım, the wife of Köprülü Mehmet Pasha. It draws attention with its seven and eight column capitals, wooden carved pulpit and cut stone work. It is one of the oldest surviving mosques in Vezirköprü. Due to its location on a side street, it is not visited much by tourists. But local people constantly go here to pray for worship. The castle bath is right next to it. It should be introduced and brought into tourism as soon as possible.