Maksem Mosque

Maksem Mosque, also known as Düsturhane Mosque, is a small Ottoman neighborhood mosque built in 1479 during the reign of Mehmed the Conqueror in what is now Bursa's Maksem quarter. Its name comes from the Arabic word for a water-distribution point, recalling the historic function of this site: spring water flowing down from Uludağ was gathered here and then channeled through earthenware pipes to different neighborhoods of the city, giving the surrounding district its name. The mosque sits beside a small cemetery that holds the tomb of Hoca Ali Pasha, son of Düsturhan, who died in 1503. The building fell into disrepair over the centuries and was restored in 1955 by the Bursa Friends of Ancient Monuments Society, preserving its original form as one of the city's lesser-known Ottoman-era religious structures tied directly to Bursa's historic water supply system.