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its 12-sided dome and its decorative brickwork in the form of blind
niches and bands of Greek-key and swastika motifs and rose-like
medallions.
AŞIK PAŞA CAMİİ
The northern slope of the Fourth Hill in this area is rather thickly
dotted with small mosques, many of them ancient but few of much
interest; some are in a state of ruin or near ruin; others have been
restored, often quite badly. We will mention just two in the vicinity of
the Pantepoptes; but it should be understood that they are of minor
interest and one could be forgiven for passing up these detours.
The first of these mosques is reached by taking Şair Baki Sokağı,
the continuation of Küçük Mektep Sokağı, the street which brought
us to the Pantepoptes. The mosque is two blocks along on the right,
at the corner of Esrar Dede Sokağı. This mosque, constructed of
alternate rows of brick and stone, was built in 1564. It is called Aşık
Paşa Camii, Aşık Paşa having been a poet of the time of Orhan Gazi,
long before the Conquest; it was built for the peace of his soul by
one of his descendants, Şeyh Ahmet Efendi. Beside it is a tekke, also
called after Aşık Paşa, built somewhat earlier - about 1522 - by a
man called Seyyidi-Velâyet Efendi, but in the same general style; and
opposite the mosque stands the grand türbe of the founder. Although
not exactly planned as a complex, these buildings in their walled
garden nevertheless have an attractive unity; a moderate amount of
tactful restoration could make them one of the more charming of the
minor classical groups.
YARHİSAR CAMİİ
Returning to the Pantepoptes, we turn right of Küçük Mektep
Sokağı immediately after the church. If we follow this street past
the intersection and two blocks farther along, we will come on our
left to an ancient mosque at the corner of Kadı Çeşme and Şebnem
Sokaks. This is Yarhisar Camii, the second oldest mosque in the city,
apparently pre-dated only by Sağrıcılar Camii, which we saw earlier
on our tour. According to the register of pious foundations (Hayrat
Kaydi) this mosque was built in 1461; its founder Musliheddin