Fatih Mosque (Fatih Camii) is the first monumental building built after the conquest of Istanbul. Fatih Mosque is also the place where the first Turkish ad was read in 1932. The Mosque, which is one of the important steps of Istanbul’s turning into an Ottoman city, dates back to 1463-1470.
The giant complex, named after Fatih Sultan Mehmet, carries the signature of Architect Atik Sinan. Although the damages of the building, which is one of the cornerstones of the Ottoman architecture, from the 1509, 1557 and 1754 earthquakes were compensated, the work became irreparable in the great earthquake in 1766. After the earthquake The Mosque, which was reconstructed in 1767 with the order of Mustafa III and completed in 1771 and was the work of Architect Mehmet Tahir Ağa, has managed to survive.
Fatih Mosque (Fatih Camii) carries the traces of classical Ottoman architecture with its 22-domed courtyard and 26-meter dome on four elephant legs. The plan of the mosque points to a phase of the development of Turkish architecture. You should definitely see the tomb of Fatih Sultan Mehmet, located in the burial area in front of the Qibla wall of the Fatih Mosque.
It is said that the burial chamber with the sarcophagus of Fatih is at the end of an underground corridor from the tomb to the mosque mihrab. The tomb, which was built according to an octagonal plan and has a single dome, has only the sarcophagus of Mehmet the Conqueror.
You should definitely examine the baroque style ornaments that are different from the original of the mosque. The Mosque, located in the Fatih district of Istanbul with its crowded courtyard, is one of the important religious and cultural symbols of the city.
