Hatuniye tomb. Mehmet II Fatih, conqueror of Istanbul, built this tomb for his mother in 1449. Of the two sarcophagi inside one is Hatuniye’s, the other is of an unknown. I took a picture through an open window, the building being closed.

Also called ‘Hüma Hatun Türbesi’ or ‘Ak Türbe’ (= White Mausoleum).
The lady’s full name was Hatice Âlime Hüma Hatun. When she died in 1449, 49 years old, her son Mehmet II was seventeen. Although he is named on the building inscription as the initiator of the tomb, he was not the ruler at the time: his father Murad II had abdicated the throne to his 12-year-old son in 1444, but exterior threat and interior troubles made him return in power two years later. When Murad II died in 1451, Mehmet II became sultan again, this time definitively.
The tomb was restored in 1601 and 1884. The murals display the 19th century late-Ottoman style.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Sources: ‘Vakıf Abideler ve eski Eserler III’ - Vakıflar Genel Müdürlüğü, Ankara 1983 & Wikipedia.