Takyeciler Mosque
Takyeciler Mosque is located on Sulu Sokak, opposite the Yağıbasan Madrasa, next to the Arastalı Bedestenin. There is no inscription regarding the builder of the mosque or the exact date of construction. Although there is no exact date on the date of construction, the similarity in plan with the multi-domed 15th century Ottoman mosques and the material, technical and form features seen on the minaret base indicate that it is a 15th century structure. The mosque was repaired in 1871-72 and during the First World War. During the World War I repairs, the domes were covered with a hipped roof since no lead could be found to cover them. In the repair of the General Directorate of Foundations in 1964-65, the walls, supports and cover were renewed without changing the main scheme. The fountain adjacent to the west of the mosque was also renovated in 1894-95 according to the inscription on it. The structure established on a sloping land; It is an Ottoman mosque with a rectangular plan close to a square and many domes. The harim, which is entered through the doors on the west and north facades; It is divided into nine units with pointed arches placed on four independent piers and eight wall piers in the middle, and each unit is covered with a pendentive transitional dome. The domes sit on an octagonal pulley. The pulleys of the domes on the axis of the mihrab are higher than the others. A space thought to be a narthex was added in front of the entrance on the west façade. The few windows are kept very small. There are two triple windows on the west façade, triple windows on the north façade and the east façade adjacent to the covered bazaar, and a double-row window arrangement on the south façade. The square base, cylindrical body and single balcony minaret adjacent to the southwest corner was renovated above the base. The main walls and dome pulleys of the mosque were renewed with rubble stone. The piers and arches carrying the domes were built of cut stone, and brick material was used in the window arches and frames and domes. The material of the mihrab and pulpit is also stone. On the base of the minaret, which is the part of the building that appears to have never been touched, an irregular alternating technique was applied with rubble stone and brick. There are traces of hand-drawn ornaments on the arch surfaces on the free piers in the middle of the harem.
