Çakır Ağa Mosque

Çakır Ağa Mosque, in the city center of Edirne, was built in 1453 by Çakır Ağa of Üsküp, the chief armorer of Fatih Sultan Mehmet.

Çakır Ağa Mosque; with its square‑plan main space and its minaret at the northeast corner, is a typical example of early Ottoman architecture. The walls of the mosque were constructed with rough stone and rubble stone, and the minaret with brick and finely cut stone. The façades of the mosque have windows arranged in two tiers. The wooden minbar, painted brown, is more richly decorated than the mihrab. The mosque, located within a garden formed by an east‑west wall and a north wall, has two entrances.

Çakır Ağa Mosque underwent extensive repair in 1859. Originally covered with a dome, the mosque was rebuilt with a roof after the dome collapsed in 1905. The mosque, repaired again in 1973, was most recently taken for restoration in November 2013. Seventy‑five percent of the restoration cost of 463,833 lira was covered by the Thrace Development Agency. After approximately 15 months of restoration work, the mosque was reopened for worship on 23 February 2015.