Kürkçübaşı Ahmet Şemsettin Camii

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Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dosseman · CC BY-SA 4.0

The mosque at the intersection of Millet Street and Topkapı Street in Topkapı was built in 1571. It is stone, has a broken wooden roof, and its minaret is on the right. The last prayer hall has four columns and the column capitals are of the corinthian type.

It was commissioned by Kürkçübaşı Ahmet Bey during the reign of Suleiman I. The building is stone. Its dome was later converted to a wooden roof. The column capitals of the prayer hall are in the Corinthian style. The minaret is made of stone.

The courtyard is entered through two doors that are close to each other. When entering through the left door, the toilet is below. Through the right door, the garden extending to the right is above a cemetery.

There is a sundial on its minaret.

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Type
mosque, historic building
Located in
Marmara Region

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The text on this page is translated from: Kürkçübaşı Ahmed Şemseddin Camii (tr.wikipedia.org), as of 12 September 2025

Text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.