Haseki Sultan Complex

The mosque complex was commissioned by Haseki Hürrem Sultan, the wife of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. She had married the sultan around 1534 and probably used her dowry to finance the project.{{sfn|Necipoğlu|2005|p=268}} The buildings were designed by the architect Mimar Sinan. It was his first imperial project and it is possible that some elements were planned by his predecessor.{{sfn|Necipoğlu|2005|p=271}}

The complex contained a Friday mosque, a soup-kitchen (imaret), a madrasa, an elementary school (mektep) and a hospital (darüssifa).{{sfn|Necipoğlu|2005|p=271}} The large complex was built in several stages on either side of a narrow street. The mosque was completed in 1538–39 (AH 945), the madrasa was completed a year later in 1539–40 (AH 946) and the soup-kitchen in 1540–41 (AH 947). The hospital was not completed until 1550–51 (AH 957).{{sfn|Necipoğlu|2005|p=271}}

The simple mosque is constructed with alternating courses of stone and brick and has a single-galleried minaret. The portico has five arches with five small domes supported by six thin marble columns. Originally the prayer-hall was covered by a single dome with a diameter of 11.3 meters.{{sfn|Necipoğlu|2005|p=274}} In 1612–13, during the reign of Ahmed I, the mosque was enlarged to accommodate an increased congregation. A second dome was added and the prayer hall was doubled in size.{{sfn|Necipoğlu|2005|p=271}} The painted decorations on the dome are not original. Unlike the madrasa and the soup-kitchen, the mosque lacks any cuerda seca tile-work.{{sfn|Necipoğlu|2005|p=274}}

The hospital has an octagonal courtyard and is the only building in the complex with an ashlar construction.{{sfn|Necipoğlu|2005|p=274}} The carved stone inscription over the entrance from the street is a chronogram in Turkish giving the date of construction.{{sfn|Necipoğlu|2005|p=271}} The madrasa is U-shaped around a central courtyard with 16 small cells and a lecture hall.{{sfn|Goodwin|1971|p=204}} The soup-kitchen is also arranged around a courtyard. The cooking area at the northern end has four octagonal chimneys.{{sfn|Goodwin|1971|p=205}} A surviving account book shows that there were originally tiled lunette panels above six of the windows.{{sfn|Necipoğlu|2005|p=272}}

The complex was restored in 2010–2012.{{sfn|Alioğlu|Olcay|Sünnetçi|2012}}

File:Haseki complex 9935.jpg|Haseki mosque from street

File:Haseki complex 5966.jpg|Haseki mosque general view

File:Haseki complex 5965.jpg|Haseki mosque original part

File:Haseki complex 5963.jpg|Haseki mosque added part with hünkar mahfili

File:Haseki complex 5962.jpg|Haseki mosque, the first and second domes

File:Haseki complex 0954.jpg|Haseki complex entrance to some buildings

File:Haseki complex 1358.jpg|Haseki complex west side

File:Haseki complex 0952.jpg|Haseki complex kitchens of imaret

• List of Friday mosques designed by Mimar Sinan

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• {{cite journal | last1=Alioğlu | first1=E. Füsun | last2=Olcay | first2=Aydemir | last3=Sünnetçi | first3=Ebru | year=2012 | title=Haseki Hürrem Sultan Külliyesi 2010-2012 Yılları Restorasyonu | journal=Vakıf Restorasyon Yıllığı | volume=4 | pages=17–29 | place=Istanbul | publisher=Turkish Government, Istanbul Region | issn=2146-3166 | language=Turkish | url=http://istanbulavrupa.vgm.gov.tr/editor/file/Vak%C4%B1f%20Restorasyon%20Y%C4%B1ll%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1/SAYI%204/4003%20Haseki%20H%C3%BCrrem%20Sultan%20K%C3%BClliyesi%281%29.pdf | access-date=2015-02-25 | archive-date=2016-03-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085304/http://istanbulavrupa.vgm.gov.tr/editor/file/Vak%C4%B1f%20Restorasyon%20Y%C4%B1ll%C4%B1%C4%9F%C4%B1/SAYI%204/4003%20Haseki%20H%C3%BCrrem%20Sultan%20K%C3%BClliyesi(1).pdf | url-status=dead }}
• {{cite book | last=Goodwin | first=Godfrey | year=1971 | title=A History of Ottoman Architecture | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofottoman0000good_o1e5 | url-access=registration | publisher=Thames and Hudson | place=London | isbn=0-500-27429-0 }}
• {{cite book | last= Necipoğlu | first=Gülru | year=2005 | title=The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire | publisher=Reaktion Books | place=London | isbn=978-1-86189-253-9 }}

{{Commons}}

• [http://archnet.org/sites/1990 Haseki Hürrem Sultan Külliyesi], Archnet
• [http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/haseki Photographs of the mosque by Dick Osseman]
• {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025112908/http://mitademo.com/mimarlik/egitim-yapilari-mimarlik/a-historical-look-to-educational-buildings-istanbul-haseki-kulliye-madrasah/ |date=25 October 2015 |title=A Historical Look to Educational Buildings: Istanbul Haseki Kulliye Madrasah - Mitademo}}

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