Ya Vedud Mosque

Ya Vedüd Mosque, Sultan Mosque Yavedüd, Abdül-Vedüd Mosque or Hatice Sultan Mosque, is a mosque located on the right side of the Golden Horn Bridge, on Ya-Vedüd Street.

The mosque, which belongs to the reign of Sultan Mehmed II, is said to have been commissioned by Sheikh Abdülvedüd during his years in Hagia Sophia. It is known as the Sultan Mosque because the mosque was renovated together with the Ya Vedüd Tomb by Hatice Sultan, the daughter of Sultan IV Mehmed and wife of Musahip Kuloğlu Mustafa Pasha. In 1738 a pulpit was added to the mosque, and it was repaired in 1804. The mosque, notable for its small inscriptions on the dome segments, is architecturally a stone-walled, wooden-roofed, brick-minaret mosque.

When entering through its low arched gate on the street, which bears “Selamünaleyküm” and the date 5 Cemaziyelahir 1219 (11 September 1804), one descends a staircase to a small stone enclosure. On the right side of the stone enclosure there is a tomb door. The upper part, which is the basement of the shrine, is made of cut stone and has three arched windows facing the street. In the basement there are four graves of unknown ownership, and only one of them bears the stone inscription “Mehmed bin Abdullah 1097”.

The mosque and its pulpit, which are on the right and street side, are completely plastered with cement and are entirely wooden. The base of the minaret, the cube with small inscriptions, and the basement are all from its own period. In the right corner of the building there is a hanging lamp. Before the Golden Horn Bridge was built, the Yavedüd Police Station building stood opposite the mosque.

“Ya Vedüd”, one of the names of God, means “O Beloved”.