Kemeraltı Mosque
Münir Aktepe, a researcher who has conducted significant studies on the historical and cultural heritage of İzmir, identifies Yusuf Çavuşzade Ahmet Ağa as the patron of Kemeraltı Mosque based on a waqfiyya dated November 3, 1671. Aktepe notes that the mosque must have been constructed before the date recorded in the waqfiyya and suggests that […]
Kestanepazarı Mosque
Located in Kemeraltı Bazaar, Kestanepazari Mosque was built in 1663 and, like other mosques constructed in the 17th century, originally stood by the seaside. In fact, Evliya Çelebi mentions in his Seyahatname that the sea used to surround the right and left of the mosque at the time, but these areas filled up and became […]
Başdurak Mosque
Başdurak Mosque, like Şadırvan(altı) and Kestanepazarı Mosques, was built along the shores of the inner harbor. The mosque’s construction inscription has not survived, but the earliest known information about it is found in Evliya Çelebi’s Seyahatname. According to this source, the mosque was built in 1652, and its patron was Hacı Hüseyin Ağa. However, neither […]
Şadırvan(altı) Mosque
Located within Kemeraltı Bazaar today, Şadırvan(altı) Mosque was originally built along the coastline, like the other mosques constructed throughout the 17th century. However, as the inner harbor area gradually filled in over time, the mosque lost its connection to the sea. As the mosque’s construction inscription has not survived to the present day, its exact […]
Hisar Mosque
The word “Hisar” is defined in the dictionary as “a small castle built of stone with high walls and towers, surrounded by moats, to protect a city or an important place.” Hisar Mosque takes its name from the Harbor Castle (also known as Lower Castle or Ok Castle), which was once of critical importance for […]
Mosques
The Kemeraltı Bazaar, where we now walk through labyrinth-like narrow streets, was covered by the sea until the late 18th century and served as the city’s inner harbor. Until then, ships arriving in İzmir would enter the inner harbor and unload their cargo at the piers. Over time, as this area began to silt up, […]