General view of the prayer hall, with the tiled mihrab (prayer niche that indicates the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca) and the marble minber (pulpit). A broad calligraphic border of Iznik tiles (with its script in white, on a blue base) runs around three quarters of the prayer hall. The text consists of a ‘Besmele/Bismillah’ (the phrase recited before each ‘sura’/chapter of the Kuran) and two suras (the 94th and the 122th). It is the work of Hattat (= calligrapher) Çerkez Hasan. Classical Ottoman, about 1573.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Sources: ‘Türkiye Tarihi Yerler Kılavuzu’ – M.Orhan Bayrak, Inkılâp Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1994 & Wikipedia.