GAZİ ATİK ALİ PAŞA COMPLEX

Çemberlitaş, Fatih - İstanbul - Turkey

GPS : 41°00'33.0"N 28°58'14.0"E / 41.009167, 28.970556



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In Çemberlitaş on the Yeniçeriler street, this Complex is one of the oldest Ottoman buildings in İstanbul. It was commissioned in 1496 by the Ottoman Prime Minister (Vezir-i Azam) Hadım Atik Ali Paşa during the reign of Sultan Beyazit II (1481-1512).  The mosque is located near the entrance to the Kapalıçarşı (Grand Bazaar), Column of Constantine and the historical Nuruosmaniye Mosque.

It is thought that the complex consisted of amosque, a soup kitcken (imaret), a religious school (madrasa), a dervish lodge (tekke), a caravanserai, and a tomb. However, only the mosque, tomb, and madrasa continue to stand today. The mosque is the main element of the Atik Ali Paşa Complex. In the courtyard are marble gravestones dating do the 17th century and there is also a tomb, the history of which is unknown. The school is located in front of the mosque.

Today only the mosque, school and the tomb remain from the complex which also contained a soup kitchen, caravanserai, and Dervish lodge.

The mosque was built of cut-stone on a "reverse T" plan. The great dome measures 13.30 m in diameter and is 24 m high. Sixteen windows are placed on the lower part of the dome and window gaps are placed on the other domes contributing to the interior lighting of the mosque.

The dome rests on four elephant leg shaped columns, with four smaller and a half dome supporting the main dome. The altar and pulpit are carved from white marble, the assembly area has five domes with a single balconied minaret on the right hand side.

The central niche, with muqarnas showcasing Classical Ottoman architectural concepts, and the pulpit both are covered with black and white marble in order to protect their simplicity during the first years of construction.

During the earthquake of 1648, its dome was completely destroyed and its minarets partially collapsed. It was also damaged by the earthquakes which occurred in the years 1716 and 1766. Each time the mosque was has been erected again after being demolished by these earthquakes.

The last prayer section of the mosque, which is composed of cut stones, is covered by five domes. The mosque also has a space of 21.55 x 28.13 m. The central dome of the mosque, measuring 13.30 m in diameter, forms the ceiling of the structure and is supported by a half-dome and four smaller domes.

As for to the mosque’s minaret, with its single shrefe (balcony), it has lost its original shape after the earthquake in 1648. It is unknown for whom the tomb was built, and the graveyard of the complex is located in the corner of the street wall. During road broadening works in 1880, the front part of the Madrasa (religious school), one other building of the complex which has stood until today, was demolished and two rooms were later added.

In the courtyard are marble gravestones dating do the 17th century and there is also a tomb, the history of which is unknown. The school is located in front of the mosque.

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ÇORLULU ALİ PASHA COMPLEX

Çemberlitaş, Fatih - İstanbul - Turkey

GPS : 41°00'32.2"N 28°58'05.3"E / 41.008944, 28.968139



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The complex, in Janissaries Street, was built for Çorlulu Ali Pasha between 1707 and 1709. Çorlulu Ali Pasha Mosque is located in the left coming from the Grand Bazaar to Çemberlitaş and next to the old Şimkeşhane building.

Çorlulu Damat Ali Pasha was an Ottoman grand vizier of the early 18th century (Çorlu 1670 - Lesbos 1711). After the Edirne event, Sultan Ahmet III appointed him as the Beylerbeyi (high governor) of Aleppo (in modern Syria) and later Beylerbey of Tripoli (modern Lebanon). In 1704 he returned to İstanbul as a member of the Ottoman Porte. In 1706, he was appointed as grand vizier. Two years later he married to Emine Sultana (daughter of the late Sultan Mustafa II) and gained the title damat (groom).

The complex, resembles the classical style, and is one of the important examples of the transition period to the Baroque style. The mosque is also a complex consisting of dervish lodge, library, hazier, madrasas and meşruta. Firstly, the mosque was built and was used as tevhidhane of a lodge at the same time.

Most of the mosque has kept its original view until today, after the earthquake on May 23, 1766 some parts of the mosque were renovated and the fountain which is placed on the Janissaries Street (former Divanyolu) was added in the same period. Although all the buildings in the complex were damaged during the earthquake of 1894, the priority for restoration was given to the mosque.

 In 1963, the mosque was restored by the General Foundation Directorate. Now, the mosque, madrasas and dervish cells are used as souvenir shops; classrooms and the courtyard of the madrasas are used as cafe, library is used as the meşruta of the imam.

Mosque
Çorlulu Ali Pasha Mosque is one of the last representatives of the Ottoman style built between the years 1707 and 1709 and at the same time it is a complex. Çorlulu Ali Pasha Mosque has only one minaret. There are inscriptions on the doors of the courtyard but the inscriptions were removed.

Madrasah
The lodge (Tekke) was called ‘Evvel’ and the madrasah was named ‘Sani’ when the lodge, inside the complex, was converted into a madrasah in the 18th century. The madrasah was used for some time to house people who had lost their houses during the fire of 1918. Darü’ül Hadis of Ali Pasha is located in the tekke rooms. The madrasah, which was used as a dormitory for a short time after its restoration in 1964.

The medrese was built between 1707 and 1708, under the auspices of the grand vizier Çorlulu Ali Pasha to Sultan Ahmet III. The medrese continues to keep his name alive through the ages. Originally built as a medrese, or theological school, it also served as a Qadiri Sufi tekke, or dervish lodge. When all the Sufi orders were closed after the beginning of the republic, this tekke’s doors closed too. The cells that had once housed religious students and dervishes were rented out to shoe makers.

During the 1960s and early 1970s it was converted into student dormitories. In the mid-1970s its current incarnation began as it became a local center for carpet sellers and restorers.

Madrasah was later transformed into shops selling tourist souvenirs. Foreign and domestic tourists who like hookah prefer to visit the structure. When you visit, you should drink a cup of grilled Turkish coffee for recalling the mosque for 40 years. Situated on the tramway street, just before the Beyazıt stop, it is an oasis of calm, cool and quiet. The nargile garden has long been known as a favorite hang out for university professors and students alike.

Mixed in with the academia crowd one can also find tourists taking a break, carpet sellers idling away time as they wait for business, and the occasional movie star or musician relaxing in the vine-covered arbor. Robert De Niro was spotted casually puffing away one day in the not so distant past. French photographer Marc Riboud visited the medrese in the 1990s and did a photo shoot of the architecture and carpet repairers laboriously working away in the courtyard.

The second side of the medrese is often overlooked by tourists, but it draws carpet dealers, textile collectors and museum curators from around the world. While life in the first courtyard revolves around the leisurely pace of the tea garden, this part of the complex is centered on carpets and kilims, flat woven rugs. The restorers in this area are known worldwide for their exacting work. In nice weather you can find them huddled over carpets spread out in the courtyard next to the small mosque.

Tomb
After the Grand Vizier Ali Pasha was executed in 1711 on Midilli Island, buried in a tomb located within the complex. Tombstones dating from Ottoman Empire draw your attention. You will admire to the Çorlulu Ali Pasha Mosque absolutely.

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ISTANBUL PRESS AND MEDIA MUSEUM

Çemberlitaş, Fatih - Istanbul - Turkey

GPS : 41°00'29.6"N 28°58'27.3"E / 41.008222, 28.974250



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Open daily between 10:00 - 18:00 except Sundays

The museum is also known as the original building of Darulfünun (University) which was opened in 1871. A building on the Yeniçeri (Janissary) Street in Çemberlitaş neighborhood, originally built as a university by Safvet Pasha and having served different purposes from then on, now houses the Press Museum. The building was restored in 1988 and transformed into Press Museum.

Its architect is believed to be Fossati. The Fossati brothers and grand vizier Saffed Paşa respectively designed and built the nineteenth-century stone mansion in which the museum is currently located. Besides a wealth of artifacts, the museum also houses a café and gift shop on the ground floor.

The Basın Müzesi offers the enlightening opportunity to explore the world of the Turkish press, which dates back to the sixteenth century. The museum features information and materials on Turkish press from İbrahim Müteferrika, founder of Turkish publication history till today. The museum displays documents on the history of the Turkish press and old printing machinery.

Exhibited pieces include a giant lithograph machine from 1870, an equally old German offset printing machine, and cameras that once belonged to famous journalists.  The museum also possesses copies of newspapers from the early Republican era, including one from 1928 that is published in both Arabic and Roman scripts – prior to Atatürk’s banning of Arabic as part of his modernization program.

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WEB SITE : Press Museum

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E-Mail : bm@tgc.org.tr
Phone : +90 212 513 8458
Fax : +90 212 513 8457

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ÇEMBERLİTAŞ HAMAMI since 1584

Çemberlitaş, Fatih - Istanbul - Turkey

GPS : 41°00'30.8"N 28°58'18.0"E / 41.008556, 28.971667



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The Çemberlitaş Bath (Çemberlitaş Hamamı) is located on Çemberlitaş Square on Divanyolu Street situated in the midst of some of Istanbul’s greatest monuments. The bath was established by Nurbanu Sultan, wife of Sultan Selim II and mother of Sultan Murat III, for the purpose of bringing in revenue to support the Valide-i Atik Charity Complex in Toptaşı, Üsküdar. According to the Tuhfet’ül-mi’mârin, the bath is one of the structures built by the architect Sinan, in 1584.

The Çemberlitaş Hamam was planned as a double bath consisting of two identical, side-by-side facilities. The entrance for the men’s section is on Vezir Han Street and, because the road height has increased over time, it now has a deep entrance that is ten steps below street level. There are eaves over the entrance and on top of the entrance door there is an inscription with six lines in three columns.

In the past the entrance for the women’s section must have been from the Divanyolu Street adjacent to the tomb of Sultan Mahmut, but today women also use the men’s entrance and proceed to their own section through a side door. Part of the dressing room in the women’s section was lost when the Divanyolu street was widened in 1868.

The side that was cut off was closed with a wall that has rectangular windows on the bottom and star shaped ones at the top. The dressing room areas of the men and women’s sections are both roofed with large domes. There are three tiers of dressing rooms under these domes that were in the past both illuminated with windowed, dome- top cupolas called "roof lanterns".

Today only the lantern in the women’s section remains in its original state. The dome topped by this lantern rests on arches leaning on fine columns and is elegantly decorated. Today the men’s dressing room area, called the "cold area", is a quiet and restful area used as a resting and waiting place after the bath.

Each of the warm areas of the bath are  roofed by three domes. The toilets are reached from this area and have been built as extensions from the building proper. One enters the hot, bathing area from this transitional warm area through a wooden door in the area built under the middle dome. The plan of this hot area is unique as it does not entirely conform to traditional layouts for this bathing area. This can be explained with the fact that the architect Sinan both liked to innovate in his work, and also to the fact that Sinan was closely involved with the construction of the structure.

This space is shaped like a square on the outside, but the inner dimensions are in the shape of a circle formed of twelve columns, becoming a twelve-cornered polygon. The architect beautifully situated the domed, private bathing cubicles, the halvet, in the space made up of the four outer corners outside of the polygon.

Four antechambers are between the cubicle spaces. One enters the hot section by passing through these antechambers. The large dome covering the hot section is supported by high arches on top of columns with baklava shaped heads. The cubicles are separated from the main area by marble slab walls topped by tulip shapes. These dividers have inscriptions carved into each side. The private cubicles are entered through arched doorways at their front sides.

Couplets are inscribed on the front and the triangular shaped upper elements are covered with blossoms. The bath has 38 washing stalls. The multi-faceted central stone platform is directly beneath the wide dome. This broad heated platform is illuminated by the glass globe "elephant eyes" fitted into the overhead dome that catch the light from all directions.

This building dates to Sinan’s last period, one in which his long experience and great skill allowed him to combine functionality, elegance and tranquillity without abandoning his basic style that is devoid of overly decorated elements. For these reasons the architecture of his bath remains a focal point for Turkish and foreign researchers, universities, photographers, filmmakers, media professionals and students.

BATH SERVICES

At the entrance to the bath, the bather will select and pay for one of the bathing options and be given tokens and directions.

After undressing in the dressing room area the bather will wrap his or her body in the "peştemal," a printed cotton body wrap, before leaving the dressing room. After locking all belongings in the locker provided (remembering to keep the key on his or her person at all times), the bather passes into the hot area that includes the central heating stone platform. This area is called the "hot area" (sıcaklık alanı) and includes the large, hot stone which is surrounded by bathing basins (kurna) and private bathing cubicles (halvet).

The bather should first get his or her body to perspire, either by lying or sitting on the hot stone platform or pouring hot water on the body by sitting next to one of the basins. If you have chosen the second option, the attendant will give you an exfoliating scrub and massage as you lie on the hot platform. You will then move to one of the basins and the attendant will wash you there.

If you prefer, however, you may remain lying on the platform to further perspire and rest and then, when you please, you may move to one of the basins to wash the body. The scrub, massage, and wash by the attendant lasts for approximately fifteen minutes, while the typical bather will remain resting and washing for one to one and a half hours, but there is never a time limit.

If you chose the first option, you will perspire either on the hot platform or nearby areas and then wash yourself at one of the basins.

When you feel ready to leave the bath, you will be given towels to use for drying. When you first enter the bath you should use one "peştemal", but you may use more than one towel for drying.

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WEB SITE : Çemberlitaş Hamamı

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Phone : +90 212 522 7974 / +90 212 520 1850
Fax : +90 212 511 2535

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