Osmanlı Arşiv Belgelerinde Fenari İsa Camisi’ne İlişkin 1894 Depremi Kayıtları

Year 2017, Issue: 20, 11 - 23, 23.08.2017

Gülçin, Yegân Kahraman, Kâhya

Abstract

Fenari Isa Mosque is located at Aksaray, Fatih in Istanbul, at the corner of Vatan Street and Halıcılar Street;

an important important historical monument for the Byzantine and Ottoman Period. The building is the

Constantinos Lips Monastery Church which was built in the 10th century (Middle Byzantine Period). The

church was extended with new buildings in the Paleologan Period. At the end of the 13th century or at the

just begining of the 14th century, a new church (Hagios Ioannes Prodromos Church) was built the south side.

Then, at the end of the 14th century a parecclesion and an exonartex were erected. In the 17th century, the

building was converted into a mosque with new arrangements.

In this article; the effects of the 1894 earthquake on the building and repair works are evaluated with the

Ottoman archival documents. After the 1894 earthquake, the building was closed because it was ruined. As

it was an old monument (Asar-ı Atika) and used before the earthquake; petitions by local community and

authorities, were submitted to the Sultan for its renovation (According to documents BOA, BEO 517/38754

and BOA, EV.MKT 02048.00107). The repair book which is dated 1896 (BOA, İ.EV.13) shows the work items

about repair and budget for them, that 27.526 kuruş. The information and quantities given by this document

are checked with drawings of the building and old photographs.

From the repair book, we could learn the condition of the building in the 19th century; the exterior walls

of the building were plastered, the roof covering was tile except the domes were lead cover. An important

information that learned; the exonarthex had served as a last prayer hall and covered with a timber roof and

a timber (bağdâdî) ceiling. The dimensions of the minaret, which was recorded to repair book, show that

the expansion of it was smaller that the minaret of today.

Keywords

OSMANLI ARŞİVİ, FENARİ İSA CAMİSİ, 1894 DEPREMİ

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