Çarşamba | |
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 Çarşamba: The Mosque of Hirami Ahmet Pasha. | |
  Çarşamba | |
| Coordinates:41°01′40.28″N28°56′44.84″E / 41.0278556°N 28.9457889°E /41.0278556; 28.9457889 | |
| Country |  Turkey |
| Region | Marmara |
| Province | Istanbul |
| District | Fatih |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Area code | 0212 |
Çarşamba (English: "Wednesday") is a small part of theFatih district ofIstanbul,Turkey, close to theFatih Mosque. It is one of the most conservative[citation needed] areas of the city.
According to the 17th-century Ottoman travelerEvliya Çelebi, the district takes its name from the town ofÇarşamba on theBlack Sea coast since, after thefall of Constantinople in 1453, this part of the city was repopulated with people from Çarşamba.[1] However, others think it acquired its name from the large Wednesday (Çarşamba in Turkish) Market held here every week.
The neighbourhood is home to twoByzantine churches that were converted into mosques after theConquest of Constantinople in 1453: theFethiye andHirami Ahmet Pashamosques.
Çarşamba is also home to theSultan Selim Mosque, built by SultanSuleiman the Magnificent for his father YavuzSultan Selim (Selim the Grim in English) whose shrine stands in the grounds. The mosque is usually attributed toMimar Sinan although there is no record of it in the official list of his works. it was a favourite with the Swiss-French architectLe Corbusier who admired its simplicity of form.
Here, too, is theİsmail Ağa Mosque, built in 1724, and named after aŞeyhülislam named İsmail Efendi (1645-1725). Its congregation has a particular reputation for conservatism.
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