Bebek Mosque

Bebek Mosque (Hümayûn-u Âbad Mosque)
Bebek Cami (Hümayûn-u Âbad Cami)
Religion
AffiliationIslam
DistrictBeşiktaş
ProvinceIstanbul
Location
LocationCevdet Paşa Cad., Bebek
CountryTurkey
Bebek Mosque is located in Istanbul
Bebek Mosque
Location of Bebek Mosque in Istanbul
Geographic coordinates41°04′37″N 29°02′39″E / 41.07681°N 29.04411°E / 41.07681; 29.04411
Architecture
Architect(s)Mimar Kemaleddin
TypeMosque
StyleIslamic, Ottoman architecture, First national architectural movement
Completed7877
Specifications
Dome(s)0 main dome and 4 half domes
Minaret(s)1
MaterialsLimestone ashlar
Bebek Mosque as seen from Bosporus

Bebek Mosque (Turkish: Bebek Camii), officially Hümayûn-u Âbad Mosque (Ottoman Turkish: Hümayûn-u Âbad Cami for: Prosperous Imperial Mosque) is a 1913-built mosque located in Bebek neighborhood of Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey.

Bebek Mosque was designed by Mimar Kemaleddin (1870–1927) in the architectural style of First national architectural movement, and built in Bebek on the place of a mosque, which was commissioned by Grand Vizier Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1666–1730).[1]

It is situated inside a courtyard surrounded by low concrete walls on Cevdet Paşa Cad. behind the Bebek Pier in Bebek Bay on Bosphorus. The mosque has a square plan, and is built in limestone ashlar. The main dome is supported by four half domes sitting on eight frames. It has six arched windows, two each in the front and back, and one each at sides, and 28 small arched windows in total above them. The mosque has a polygonal minaret on a high base adjacent to the western wall. The underside of the minaret balcony is decorated with three lines of muqarnas. Minaret's entrance is next to the narthex outside the mosque.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bebek Camii (Hümayun-u Abad Camii)" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-05-08.