Native Name: Gul Camii
Gul Mosque – (meaning the Rose) is located on Gul Camii sreet in the Ayakapi quarter of Fatih District. It was originally a Byzantine church converted into a mosque. The date of the conversion is not certain. Some thought it was the Church of Euphemia built during the rule of Basil I (867-886) which was later consecrated to St. Theodosia, a local saint martyred during iconoclast riots. Hartmut Schafer carried out a study which proposed a later date of construction between 1000 and 1150. He also proposes that the church was Christos Euergetes. The origin of the present Turkish name of the mosque is also uncertain, however many believe that the Turkish name is attributed to a Muslim saint named Gül Baba because there is a grave placed inside the southern pier tha...
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