Bebek Mosque

Bebek Mosque (Turkish: Bebek Camii), officially Hümayûn-u Âbad Mosque (Ottoman Turkish: Hümayûn-u Âbad Cami for: Prosperous Imperial Mosque) is a 1913-built mosque located in Bebek neighborhood of Beşiktaş district in Istanbul, Turkey.

Bebek Mosque (Hümayûn-u Âbad Mosque)
Bebek Cami (Hümayûn-u Âbad Cami)
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
District	Beşiktaş
Province	Istanbul
Location
Location	Cevdet Paşa Cad., Bebek
Country	Turkey
Location of Bebek Mosque in Istanbul
Geographic coordinates	41.07681°N 29.04411°E / 41.07681; 29.04411
Architecture
Architect(s)	Mimar Kemaleddin
Type	Mosque
Style	Islamic, Ottoman architecture, First national architectural movement
Completed	7877
Specifications
Dome(s)	0 main dome and 4 half domes
Minaret(s)	1
Materials	Limestone ashlar

Bebek Mosque as seen from Bosporus

Bebek Mosque was designed by Mimar Kemaleddin (1870–1927) in the architectural style of First national architectural movement, and built in Bebek on the place of a mosque, which was commissioned by Grand Vizier Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1666–1730).^[1]

It is situated inside a courtyard surrounded by low concrete walls on Cevdet Paşa Cad. behind the Bebek Pier in Bebek Bay on Bosphorus. The mosque has a square plan, and is built in limestone ashlar. The main dome is supported by four half domes sitting on eight frames. It has six arched windows, two each in the front and back, and one each at sides, and 28 small arched windows in total above them. The mosque has a polygonal minaret on a high base adjacent to the western wall. The underside of the minaret balcony is decorated with three lines of muqarnas. Minaret's entrance is next to the narthex outside the mosque.^[1]

References

1. "Bebek Camii (Hümayun-u Abad Camii)" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2016-05-08.