Eyup Sultan Mosque (Eyüp Sultan Camii), one of the most important religious centers in the country, is the first mosque built after the conquest of Istanbul. The name of the mosque was took Abu Eyyûb El-Ensari, who died with the banner of Prophet Mohammed during the siege of Istanbul more than 1300 years ago. The complex, built in 1458 at the request of Fatih; It consists of a mosque, tomb, madrasa, Turkish bath and imaret.
The center of the Eyup Sultan Mosque rests on six columns and two arches, based on arches, with a half dome around it, the Eyup Sultan tomb in the middle, a fountain at the foot of its sarcophagus, and a century-old plane tree in the middle of the courtyard. The minaret of the mosque, which was repaired many times after the year it was built in 1458, was short before, new long minarets were built in 1733.
The sea side minaret was rebuilt in 1823 because it was damaged by lightning. Sinan Pasha Pavilion in front of the sentence door was demolished in 1798. There is a set with a fence and a grass sofa in the shade of a big plane tree in its place. There are four fountains at the four corners of the fence. These are called hacat fountains, the fatality fountains.
Since Sultan III. Selim was Mevlevi, who opened Eyup Sultan Mosque (Eyüp Sultan Camii) and prayed after being repaired, there are mevlevi coins on the bars. The outer courtyard has two doors that open onto the street. The inner courtyard has 13 domes based on 12 columns. The middle of the courtyard is a fountain. The mausoleum has a single dome and 8 corners. At the entrance to the mausoleum, there is a nakş-ı kadim, and a sabil to its right.
