İbrahim Tennuri Camii ve Çeşmesi.

When exactly this ‘İbrahim Tennuri Camii’, also named ‘Şeyh Camii’ (Mosque of the Sheikh) was built is not certain; some historians say 1466, by Şeyh Ibrahim himself - some others say in 1576 by Şeyh Abdürrahim Efendi. The second date could also be a rebuilt or restoration. Anyway, Şeyh Ibrahim’s tomb, which is adjacent to the mosque, is from 1482.

İbrahim Tennuri was a Sufi, from the Bayramiye Order (founded by Hacı Bayram from Ankara). He became close to Akşemseddin, the teacher and Şeyh ul-Islâm of sultan Mehmed II, and so became a confidant of the sultan himself. Akşemseddin sent Şeyh Ibrahim to Kayseri as his and sultan Mehmed’s representative, where he founded a tekke (dervish house) and became quite famous as an islamic scholar, philosopher and poet.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Sources: ‘Tarihi Kayseri Cami ve Mescidleri’ – Doç. Ilhan Özkeçeci (1997) & Wikipedia .