The new mosque or Yeni Jamea. It is located opposite the Egyptian market in Aminonu district of Al Fateh district in the European section of Istanbul. It is also called a mother's mosque.
The mosque is built in the form of a complex (college) and this complex is characterized by its construction taking a long time. (The longest established college in the Ottoman era).
The mosque was built in 1589 by the name of the wife of Sultan Murad III Safia Sultan, after which the building was suspended for a period of time and then rebuilt by the mother of Turhan, the mother of Sultan Mohammed IV in 1661 and the mosque was opened after Friday prayers in 1663.
The College of the Great Mosque has taken its share of various architectural designs throughout its construction. The first design or construction by the architect Daoud Agha was the pupil of the great architect Sinan Agha. The architectural construction of Dalghig Ahmed Agha continued, but the building was completed only half a century later by the architect Mustafa Agha. The College includes the following main sections: the mosque, the market, the mausoleum and the Sultan's palace.
We see the construction of the mosque affected by the Mosque of Sheikh Daoud Pasha for being the designs of architect Daud Agha pupil of the architect Sinan Agha. The roof of the mosque is surrounded by a main dome with four semi-vaults with the same diameter as well as a group of small domes of various diameters. There is also around the courtyard of the mosque, which contains two halls, each with 3 balconies. 22 dome 3 entrances are domed from 3 different directions, and there is a vaulted fountain in the middle of the square.
Decorate the mosque without departing from the concepts of classical Ottoman architecture known. The outer wall of the Mosque Square was demolished in the second half of the 19th century to ease traffic congestion in the Eminono area. The boys' book building was demolished in the ensuing years.
The tomb of the Sultan Khadija Turhan located inside the college is one of the largest tombs in Istanbul, and around the tomb there are 5 tombs of the Ottoman sultans. There are large numbers of Ottoman tombs in this cemetery. The tomb contains 47 stone tomb walls of Sultan Khadija Turhan, Sultan Moustafa II, Mahmud Al-Awal, Ahmed III and Mohammed IV. There are also large numbers of tombs of the crown and sultans in the cemetery.
One of the most beautiful scenes in the college that was created for the birth of Turhan Sultan Hankar Palace is the climb from behind the tribal wall of the mosque. The palace, which contains all elements of the classical Ottoman architectural beauty, consists of two large rooms and a yawan.
