Eskipazar Mosque: A Medieval Beylik Mosque in Türkiye
Site at a Glance
- Rating
- 4.6
- Popularity
- Very Low
- Country
- Turkey
- Primary era
- Medieval
- Eras represented
- Medieval
- Civilizations
- Unclassified
- Site type
- Religious
- Remains
- Mosque
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History
Eskipazar Mosque, also known as Bayrambey Mosque, is a medieval religious building in Türkiye, commissioned between 1380 and 1390 by Hacı Emir İbrahim Bey, a regional ruler of the Hacıemiroğulları Beylik. A beylik was a territory governed by a bey, and this medieval local principality provided the mosque’s original political setting.
From Beylik Mosque to Ottoman Provincial Center
During the period of the Hacıemiroğulları Beylik, the mosque served as a place of worship for a military camp. After the area came under Ottoman rule, it became the central mosque of the Canik-i Bayramlu Province.
The building was repaired in 1782–1783 by Battal Hüseyin Pasha. Pasha was a high-ranking Ottoman title held by senior military and administrative officials. The mosque was later damaged in the 1939 Erzincan Earthquake. Restoration began in 1946 and gave the building its present form.
The Name Eskipazar
Eskipazar Mosque played a leading role in the formation of the name Eskipazar for one of Ordu’s oldest settlement areas. Its history therefore remains closely connected with the identity of the settlement around it.
Remains
Layout and Surviving Mosque Features
The mosque has a rectangular plan and stands within a cemetery, about four kilometres along the Ordu–Ulubey highway. Only a wall from the entrance section and the base of the minaret survive from the original building. The window shutters and the minbar, the raised pulpit used for the Friday sermon, are valuable examples of wood carving.
Bath Remains
Remains of two baths are located around the mosque, adding further archaeological features to the cemetery setting.
