ErtuÄŸrul Tekke Mosque

The Ertuğrul Tekke Camii is a mosque and also has served as a Tekke in Istanbul. Sultan Abdulhamid II in 1887 it was set up in Semt Yıldız in Beşiktaş district. The name derives from Ertuğrul two conditions: on the one hand, it refers to the father of the founder of the Ottoman Empire Ertoghrul, and on the other hand, served the mosque as a house of prayer for the soldiers of the Ertuğrul Alayı. Abdulhamid II who built the mosque for the Şazeli - Tariqa.

( Be place where religious ceremonies held ) The main building complex consists of the mosque, the Tevhidhâne and the selamlık. In addition, insists on the plot nor the Tekke consisting of a harem area and a guesthouse. Between the years 1905 and 1906 a Türbe for Libyan cleric Sheikh Zafir, a library and a fountain were built in the western part of the garden by the court architect Raimondo d' Aronco. The three elements are good examples of Art Nouveau architecture in Istanbul.

2008 began extensive restoration work. The mosque is again available since May 21, 2010 for the public. The cost of the restoration amounted to 5.5 million TL.