Semi Molla Mosque

Ahmed Efendi, majordomo of Grand Vizier Has Murat Pasha, had Sem’i Molla Mosque that is located in the vicinity of Cerrahpasa built in the year 1533. Therefore “Ahmet Kethuda (Majordomo) Mosque” is the other name the mosque is known in the society.

Address:
Aksaray Mh.
34096 Fatih / Istanbul

Coordinate:
41.008237, 28.946147
Latitude: 41°0′29.65″N (41.008237)
Longitude: 28°56′46.13″E (28.946147)

Date Of Construction: 1533

Who built: Sadrazam Has Murat Pasa’s Kethudasi Ahmet Efendi

Renovations: 1827

The Minaret: 1

Ahmet Efendi was buried into the graveyard of the mosque when he passed away. Ruined in time, Ayse Mrs. Ayse Reynak who was a descendant of Sem’i Molla had it repaired in the year 1827. Therefore one another name the mosque is called is “Ask-i Molla Mosque.”

Ayse Hanim who renovated the mosque for her husband’s soul, also had a fountain built next to the mosque.

The mosque which was also renovated during the sultanate of Sultan Abdulhamid II is in onlong design and its walls are bonded out of Stones Ladies’ section, on the other hand, is wooden. Its minaret has a single minaret. Entrance to the minaret is from within the mosque.