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Mosque in Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey For the mosque in Amasya, see Burmali Minare Mosque (Amasya).
Burmalı Mosque
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Architecture
TypeMosque
StyleIslamic, Ottoman architecture
Completed1550
Minaret(s)1

The Burmalı Mosque (Turkish: Burmalı Mescit or Burmalı Minare Camii; meaning "Mosque with the Spiral Minaret") is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque in Saraçhane park, Fatih district, Istanbul, Turkey.

Built in 1550 on behalf of Emin Nuretti Efendi, qadi 'asker of Egypt, it is named for its spiraling (burmalı) brick minaret, a copy of a Seljuq design that is unique in Istanbul. The mosque is not domed, but has a pitched porch, which rests on four reused Byzantine Corinthian stone columns. Unusually, the entrance is off-center behind a column. The mosque's interior is undistinguished.

References

  1. Eyice, Semavi (1992). "Burmalı Mescid". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  2. ^ Freely, John (2000). The companion guide to Istanbul and around the Marmara. Companion Guides. pp. 144–45. ISBN 978-1-900639-31-6.
  3. Taylor, Jane (2007). Imperial Istanbul: a traveller's guide. Tauris Parke Paperbacks. pp. 158–59. ISBN 978-1-84511-334-6.
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