Suluki Mosque

Sülüklü Mosque (Süluki Mosque), a mosque located in the Doğanbey neighbourhood of Osmangazi district in Bursa, originally built during the reign of Kanuni.

The building, damaged during the Greek occupation, was rebuilt in 1936 on its existing foundations using the old stones; in 1996 it was demolished by the municipality as part of road widening works and rebuilt about 200 metres away.

History and architectural features

It is not known who commissioned the mosque in the 16th century. It is thought that it may have been commissioned by "Mehmed Çelebi son of Ahmed Çelebi", who died in 1524 and is buried in one of the graves in the mosque's cemetery. The building suffered great damage during the occupation years of Bursa and was rebuilt by the public in the same place in 1936 using the old stones. The mosque was finally demolished in 1996 and rebuilt 200 metres away.

The original is a square-shaped building with a wooden roof. Its top is covered with Marseille-type tiles. The original mihrab and part of the minaret from the initial construction have been preserved. In the original plan of the mosque, the sides and front of the last prayer area are open, but they were closed during the 1936 reconstruction; thus the main worship space and the last prayer area became a rectangular-plan building.

The mosque's minaret is located at the northwest corner. The minaret attached to the body wall is a cylindrical brick shaft. Below the balcony, there are three rows of dentil eaves.

The tomb of Doğan Bey, one of the commanders of the Ottoman Empire during the reign of Murad I and the guardian of Niğbolu Castle during the reign of Bayezid the Thunderbolt, after whom the Doğanbey neighbourhood where the mosque is located is named, is located just behind the mosque.