Yıldırım Beyazıt Mosque
It is the oldest mosque in Edirne from the 14th century. Both the plan and the column capitals show that the building was a Byzantine church with a cross plan. While it was converted into a mosque in the name of Yıldırım Bayezid (1400), it was rebuilt except for the foundation. There are also those who show the date of construction as 1396 or 1399. Since the qibla of the mosque, which was rebuilt on the church, did not match the axis of the building, the mihrab was placed on the corner of one of the cross arms and took on an inclined appearance. There are tabhane rooms (where traveling dervishes stay) on both sides of the narthex. In its current form, it is a mosque with four arches, a dome and a single minaret. During the Ottoman-Russian War of 1877-78, the Russians used the mosque as a food warehouse. It is said that one of the graves in his garden belongs to Ahmet, one of the princes of Sultan Murat II, who was strangled in the Edirne Palace Bath when Fatih took the throne. There are also those who call it Kupeli Mosque because of the two hanging rings made of marble, the exact location of which is unknown and in the form of interlocking earrings.
