Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque, Kadırga

**Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque** (Turkish: *Sokollu Mehmet Paşa Camii*) be a 16th-century Ottoman mosque insyd de Kadırga neighborhood insyd Fatih district, Istanbul, Turkey. Ne be commissioned jointly by de grand vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha den ein wifey İsmihan Sultan. Na ebe designed by de imperial architect Mimar Sinan wey na dem plete am insyd 1571/2. Na de mosque be noted for de fine quality of de Iznik tiles wey decorate de interior walls.

## History
Na de mosque be designed by Ottoman imperial architect Mimar Sinan give de grand vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha den ein wifey İsmihan Sultan, a daughter of Selim II den one of de granddaughters of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. According to de foundation inscription insyd Turkish above de north entrance to de courtyard, na dem plete de building insyd AH&nbsp;979 (1571/72 CE). Although İsmihan Sultan den ein husby jointly endow de mosque, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha per dem list for de foundation inscription.

## Architecture

### Exterior
Dem note de mosque for ein architecturally challenging location for a steep slope. Sinan resolve dis issue by fronting de mosque plus a two-storey courtyard. Dem divide de bottom storey into shops, wey na ein rents dem intend make e help support de upkeep of de mosque. De upper storey plus an open colonnaded courtyard get de spaces between de columns on three sides walled off make dem form small rooms, each plus a small window, fireplace den niche make e store bedding, dey form de living accommodations give a madrasah. De fourth side of de courtyard be de mosque einself, wich dem design as a hexagon dem inscribe insyd a rectangle, topped by a dome plus four small semi-domes insyd de corners. De dome be  for diameter insyd den  high. De ablution fountain insyd de courtyard get twelve columns wey dey support an onion shaped dome. Dem place de single minaret for de northeast corner of de mosque.

### Interior
De interior of de Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque be famous for de İznik tiles, dem decorate plus a wide variety of blue, red den green floral designs, plus panels of calligraphy for white *thuluth* letters for a blue ground. De interior columns make use of polychrome marble. Dem make de *minbar* of white marble plus a conical cap, dem sheath insyd Iznik tiles. De windows above de *mihrab* get stained glass. Above de main entrance, dem frame by a gilded brass bezel, be a fragment of de Kaaba insyd Mecca; oda fragments of dis black stone be above de *minbar* den *mihrab*. As well as de tilework, na dem originally paint de parts of de mosque. Na dem renovate chaw of de paintwork buh sam of de original paintwork dey survive above de vestibule of de north entrance, for de brackets wey dey support de balcony above de entrance, den under de ceilings of de side galleries.
## Gallery

File:Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque Dome Painting -Sep 2010.jpg|Dome View
File:Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Camii interior.jpg|Interior view
File:Mehmet Pasha Mosque 11.jpg|Detail
File:Mehmet Pasha Mosque.jpg
File:Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque 7346.jpg|Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque front
File:Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque 7342.jpg|Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque courtyard
File:Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque 5722.jpg|Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque courtyard
File:Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque 7335.jpg|Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque
File:Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque 5710.jpg|Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque mihrab and minber
File:Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque 5716.jpg|Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque mihrab den minber
File:Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque 5719.jpg|Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque mihrab den minber detail
File:Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque 5715.jpg|Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque calligraphic tiles
File:Istanbul Sokollu Mosque 2002 399.jpg|Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque calligraphic tiles
File:Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque 5253.jpg|Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque Iznik tiles
File:Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque 5706.jpg|Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque Iznik tiles
File:Sokollu Mehmet Pasha mosque 5702.jpg|Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque Iznik tiles

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## External links

* Sokullu Mehmet Paşa ve Ismihan Sultan Külliyesi (Kadırga), ArchNet.
* 360 degree panoramic view of the mosque interior, 3dmekanlar.
* Photographs of the Sokollu Mehmet Mosque by Dick Osseman