Akbaba Mehmed Efendi Mosque

Akbaba Mehmed Efendi Mosque is a mosque located in Istanbul.

The construction date and architect of the Fenâî Prayer Hall located at the corner of Kızılelma Avenue and Türkçü Hamdullah Street in the Seyit Ömer Neighborhood of Fındıkzade are not known with certainty. Its founder is Akbaba Mehmed Efendi, who participated in the conquest of Istanbul with Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror. The prayer hall takes its name from Sheikh Mehmed Fenâî-i Halvetî Efendi, whose tomb is nearby. Its pulpit was installed by Grand Vizier Seyyid Hasanpaşa (d. 1161 AH / 1748 AD). The prayer hall, about which we have no information on its first architect and construction form, was completely burned in 1918. After remaining as a vacant lot for a long time, in 1987, at the request of the late Hacı Zekeriya Aytek and his wife Bahriye Hanım, their children had it rebuilt in reinforced concrete in a modern architectural style by architect Kenan İslâmoğulları, and it was opened for worship in July 2009. The mosque is temporary, domed, and has 12 corners. The ground floor is planned as a washing area, toilet, and library; the upper floor as a mosque. The adjacent four‑storey reinforced concrete building has two floors used as a Qur'an course and two floors used as a community center.