This is the Mehmet Paşa Camii, built in 1486 by Lala Mehmet Paşa, the former educator of Prince Ahmet, the oldest living son of sultan Beyazıt II It is renowned for its marble mimber (pulpit).

urce: ‘Türkye Tarihi Yerler Kılavuzu’ – M.Orhan Bayrak, Inkılâp Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1994.

On the picture: One of the painted domes of the portico, the way it was restored in a classical Ottoman style, after the earthquake of 1939. This kind of paintwork is called ‘kalem işi’ (= work of the pen/paintbrush).

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.