Located in Tophane, the Kılıç Ali Paşa Mosque was commissioned by the Ottoman chief admiral, Kılıç Ali Paşa, and built by the architect Sinan in 1580. ...
Located behind the Çırağan Palace at the entrance to Yıldız Park, the Küçük Mecidiye Mosque was commissioned by Sultan Abdülmecit in 1849, and designed and built by the architect Garabet Balyan. ...
The Kumbarhane Mosque was commissioned by the mother of Selim II, Mihrimah Sultan, for Selim’s the sappers and gunners; it was built in the middle of the barracks in 1793. Originally constructed with just one minaret, Selim II later added a second. The mosque reached its current state between 1803-1804. ...
Built by the Ottoman Sultan Mustafa III between the years 1760-1763, the Laleli Mosque now gives its name to the district in which it is located. The Laleli Mosque itself took the name from a local tomb, the Laleli Baba Türbesi, that was torn down in the 1950’s. ...
Located in the district of Eminönü to which it gives its name, the Mahmut Paşa Mosque Complex (Turkish: Külliye) was built by a Grand Vizier of Mehmed the Conqueror, Mahmud Paşa. ...
Belonging to the last period of Ottoman history, the Mecidiye Mosque was built in 1911 in the time of Sultan Reşat. The one-domed mosque lights in interior with wide and tall windows. ...
The Merkez Efendi Mosque was built in the place where a dervish lodge once stood. The lodge had been built by the architect Sinan in 1517 after being commissioned by Süleyman the Great. After the death of Merkez Efendi the mosque that bears his name was built in his memory between 1552-1572. ...
The Molla Çelebi Mosque, located in Fındıklı, was commissioned in 1586 by Mehmet Vusuli Efendi, who had been a Kadı in Istanbul and Bursa, and in naming it he chose to use his other name, “Molla Çelebi.” ...