Sokullu Mehmet Pasha Mosque
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Sokullu Mehmet Pasha Mosque (1567) is located in Buyukcekmece Dizdariye District on Enver Pasha Street. Due to its location it is known as Mosque of Bridgehead. The mosque is one of Mimar Sinan`s masterpiece. Sokullu Mehmet Pasha Mosque composes a miniature range complex with the bridge and Buyukcekmece Caravanserai. The most
important feature is its minaret which there is only two exsamples in the world.
The minaret is sculptured from a single piece of stone. The other example for such
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Fountain of Sultan Suleyman
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Fountain is the oldest standing structure in Buyukcekmece next to Sokullu Mehmet Pasha Mosque. The Fountain was built together with historical Sultan Suleyman Bridge and Caravanserai. The fountain was constructed in classical style and hewn stone bases in 3 wings. Each wing has a fountain and drinking trough in front.
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Kervansaray (Kurşunlu Han)
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Caravanserai was a large range (host) place on the extending roads from Thrace to the Buyukcekmece in 16th century during the Ottoman Empire. Mosque complex, Namazgah, three-arched fountain with four sections in the form of a bridge structure is located in the Caravanserai. Restorations made from time to time rendered it possible to reach these works to the present day. The construction of the Caravanserai is not the first structure built by Mimar Sinan commanded by Suleyman the Magnificent.
The inscription gives the date of 974/1566. It is understood that an important range complex of buildings adjacent to a mosque had built by Mimar Sinan during the statutory Szigetvar expedition of Solomon Sultan Mehmet.
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