mehmed ii turned the hagia sophia into a mosque.
mehmed ii turned the hagia sophia into a mosque.
who turned the hagia sophia into a mosque?
mehmed ii
bullet::::- handan sultan (died 9 november 1605, topkapı palace, istanbul, buried in mehmed iii mausoleum, hagia sophia mosque);









































bullet::::- a consort who died in 1597, during the outbreak of plague;









































bullet::::- sons









































bullet::::- şehzade selim (1585, manisa palace, manisa – 20 april 1597, topkapı palace, istanbul, buried in hagia sophia mosque) - with handan;









































bullet::::- şehzade süleyman (born 1586, manisa palace, manisa, buried in hagia sophia mosque) - with handan;









































bullet::::- şehzade mahmud (born 1588, manisa palace, manisa – executed by mehmed iii, 7 june 1603, topkapı palace, istanbul, buried in şehzade mahmud mausoleum, şehzade mosque) - with halime;
mehmed iii
ottoman architecture adopted the byzantine dome form and continued to develop it. one type of mosque was modeled after justinian's church of sergius and bacchus with a dome over an octagon or hexagon contained within a square, such as the üç şerefeli mosque (1437–47). the dome and semi-domes of the hagia sophia, in particular, were replicated and refined. a "universal mosque design" based upon this development spread throughout the world. the first ottoman mosque to use a dome and semi-dome nave vaulting scheme like that of hagia sophia was the mosque of beyazit ii. only two others were modeled similarly: kılıç ali pasha mosque and the süleymaniye mosque (1550–57). other ottoman mosques, although superficially similar to hagia sophia, have been described as structural criticisms of it. when mimar sinan set out to build a dome larger than that of hagia sophia with selimiye mosque (1569–74), he used a more stable octagonal supporting structure. the selimiye mosque is of the type originating with the church of sergius and bacchus. three other imperial mosques in istanbul built in this "classical style" of hagia sophia include four large semi-domes around the central dome, rather than two: şehzade camii, sultan ahmed i camii (completed in 1616), and the last to be built: yeni cami (1597–1663).
history of roman and byzantine domes