The mosque was damaged by a fire in 1748, and by an earthquake four years later. Sultan Mahmut I had it restored in 1754; on that occasion the present northern porch was built.

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