Yeni Valide Mosque



The Yeni Valide Mosque (Turkish: Yeni Valide Camii) is an 18th century Ottoman mosque in the Üsküdar district of Istanbul, Turkey.

History

It was built between 1708 and 1710 on the iskele (pier) road by Emetullah Râbi'a Gülnûş Sultan, mother of SultanAhmed III. The main part of the building is square-shaped and covered with a flattened main dome and four half domes. The mosque has two minarets with two balconies each. Calligraphy inside the mosque is the work of Hezarfen Mehmet Efendi.