Native Name: Bodrum Camii
Bodrum Mosque is located in the district of Eminönü, in the neighborhood of Aksaray, one kilometre west of the ruins of the Great Palace of Constantinople. It was a former church built during Byzantine times which was known under the Greek name of Myrelaion (Myrdaion Monastery) or "the place of myrrh." The church was converted into a mosque by grand vizier Mesih Ali Pasha in 1500, as part of a campaign of conversion initiated by Bayezid II (1481-1512). The mosque is now either known by its Turkish name which means 'basement' that refers to its crypt or also by the name of its Ottoman founder, Mesih Pasa.
Fires caused damage to the mosque two times in 1784 and in 1911. It was abandoned till 1930, when a team of archaeologists led by David Talbot Rice di...
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