Ahmediye Mosque

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Eminzade Hacı Ahmet Paşa, comptroller of the Arsenal under Ahmet III, commissioned this mosque and attached medrese in 1722. Its unusual design features a main gate with a dershane (lecture hall) and library built over it. The mosque was closed for restoration at the time of research.

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