Hidayet Mosque
The Hidayet Mosque ('':tr:Hidayet Camii''), located on Yalı Köşkü Street in Istanbul’s Eminönü district, was built in 1813 (Islamic Calendar 1229) under Mahmud II. Originally of wood construction, it was reconstructed by the French architect Alexander Vallaury in 1887 under the direction of Abdul Hamid II, as described by the inscription on the entrance to the courtyard. The design of the two-story mosque can be described as Orientalism, Orientalist. There are two large pointed-arch windows on the Eastern and Western sides of the mosque and 21 windows in the dome. Stairs lead to the second floor, where there is a prayer room and a domed sanctuary. History Before Hidayet Mosque was built, the small district called :tr:Bahçekapı, Fatih, tr:Bahçekapı, located between Eminönü and Sirkeci, was a rough district known for murders, prostitution, and general poor conditions. It was given the informal name of :tr:Melek Girmez Sokağı (''"The street that angels abandoned" ...
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