Mihrimah Mosque – Mimar Sinan built this extremely beautiful mosque on the highest point of the city for Mihrimah Sultan, the daughter of Suleyman the Magnificent in 1560. The mosque is one of the dazzling late-period masterpieces of the master. The significant form of the construction is lively and original: A cube, a 37m high dome on it, and a thin and long minaret next to it. The light passing through the curves of the walls with three rows of windows enlighten the area and increases feeling of relief. Edimekapi
Ortakoy Mosque
The mosque, built for Sultan Abdulmecit in the 19th, century right at the seashore, is one of the stunning examples of the late period Ottoman architecture with its elegance.
Rustem Pasa Mosque
Mihrimah Mosque – A few steps away from the Egyptian Bazaar (Misir Qar§ist) a genuine example of the Ottoman Istanbul is hidden: The mosque of Rustem Pasa, Grand Vezir and son-in-law of Suleyman the Magnificent. Mimar Sinan built this mosque in Z561 after completing The Suleymaniye as the sultan demanded.
One should absolutely spare some time to see this mosque not much visited by the tourists, but perhaps the most attractive mosque in the city, and enjoy the old carpets and the elegant patterns on the tiles from the greatest period of Ottoman ceramics art. After the chaos and noise of the neighborhood where the marketplaces have gathered, the time feels as if it stopped.
