Mimar Sinan was determined to achieve perfection and the quality of the tiles, carving of the minber and fluting of the piers add to the splendour of the ordered immensity of this interior. The eight piers achieve a circular movement which pivots on the central singing gallery.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: ‘Islamic Architecture: Ottoman Turkey’ (Godfrey Goodwin) – London 1977