Sitti Sultan Mosque: A Fifteenth-Century Ottoman Mosque in Edirne
Site at a Glance
- Rating
- 4.9
- Popularity
- Very Low
- Country
- Turkey
- Primary era
- Medieval
- External website
- Open
- Eras represented
- Medieval
- Civilizations
- Ottoman
- Site type
- Religious
- Remains
- Mosque
History
Sitti Sultan Mosque is a fifteenth-century Ottoman mosque in Edirne, Türkiye, built in 1482 by order of Sultan Bayezid II. Bayezid II succeeded Mehmed II, known as Mehmed the Conqueror, and ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. The mosque was commissioned in honor of Sitti Hatun, one of Mehmed II’s wives.
In 1873, the military used the mosque as a gunpowder store, and cracks subsequently developed in its walls. An earthquake in 1910 seriously damaged the minaret, the tower traditionally associated with a mosque and commonly used for the call to prayer.
Repairs took place during the 1980s and 1990s. Sitti Sultan Mosque remains an active mosque associated with Sunni Islam. It was placed under state protection by a decision of the Council for the Conservation of Cultural and Natural Heritage dated 4 July 2003, numbered 7697.
