Zaganos Pasha Mosque
The Zaganos Pascha Mosque ( Zağnospaşa Camiî in Turkish ) is the largest mosque in the north-west Turkish city of Balıkesir with space for 1500 people ; The founder of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Pascha (later Ataturk), read his famous Friday sermon ( Chutba ), the Balıkesir Hutbesi , in it on February 7, 1923 .
The mosque was founded in 1461 by the Greek or Albanian-born Zaganos Pascha (or Zagan Pascha), the father-in-law and governor of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II , as a religious complex ( külliye ), of which, however, only the hammam , the mosque and the Türbe and the Muvakkithâne have been preserved. A soup kitchen and a market used to belong to the complex. After the death of Zaganos Pascha, he and his family were buried in the doorway of the mosque, but it is not known to whom the other two graves belong. After an earthquake in 1897, however, the building was rebuilt in 1904 by the Mutasarrıf of Balıkesir, Ömer Ali Bey. In addition to Ataturk, the author of the Turkish national anthem , Mehmet Âkif Ersoy , also gave a Friday sermon here in order to swear people to the war of liberation .
The stone structure built on a square plan has four smaller domes on each side in addition to the main dome ( kubbe ). It has two Şadirvan made of marble. There is a sundial on the south side , the minaret is on the northwest corner.
Web links
- Ataturk'ün Balıkesir Hutbesi. Retrieved February 17, 2016 .
- Fatih'in kayınpederi Zağnos Paşa'nın yaptırdığı cami 551 yıldır ayakta. Zaman , accessed February 17, 2016 .
Coordinates: 39 ° 38 ′ 55 " N , 27 ° 52 ′ 47" E