The Gök (Blue, for the colour of its marble) or Firuz Paşa Camii (Mosque), built in 1394 by Hoca Firaz Bey, who was the Menteşe governor of Sultan Beyazid. He was a Grand Vizier of Murat, who was the father of Yıldırım Beyazid. To its west are buildings belonging to a medrese (Qu’oran School). It is also called the Kurşunı of “lead covered” mosque, because its roof is covered with that metal.

The mosque has a ‘reverse T’ ground plan, copied on that of most early-Ottoman mosques in Bursa.

On the picture: The mosque, seen from the South. This shot reveals what is meant by ‘reverse T’: if you approach from behind (this is: from the south), the ground plan shows a normal ‘ T ‘. If you look to the mosque’s facade (on the north side) that T-shape ground plan is upside down (= reverse).

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: ‘Türkye Tarihi Yerler Kılavuzu’ – M.Orhan Bayrak, Inkılâp Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1994.