M. Kara Mustafa Paşa Hamamı

600 year old hot bath

The Kara Mustafa Pasha Bath, located in the Haci Bal Neighborhood of Merzifon, is a part of the Black Mustafa Pasha Complex. According to the inscription, it was built by Kara Mustafa Pasha in 1678. The bath, which consists of sections that are intertwined with each other, does not have a proper plan. The dressing part shows a long rectangular plan, the first part of the dressing is covered with a dome with a tromp. The second and third sections are mirror vaulted. Behind this is an octagonal planned temperature. The four iwan niches on all four sides and the temperature on which the niches are located in the corners of these niches are covered with an octagonal central dome. To the right of the entrance to the dressing room there are halal, in separate cells. Double Bath (Merzifon) The Double Bath in Merzifon Hacı Süleyman Mahallesi was built by Sultan Murat II in 1388. It is in the form of a double bath plan, including the women's and men's section. In both parts, there is a dressing masonry wall and a wooden ceiling. The coldness, which is passed through a narrow door from the west, is covered with a barrel vault. There is the temperature brought into rectangular position with large arches on both sides of the cold, which is divided into three sections with arches. The bath has two private rooms and a booth.