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CEREN ÖZEL
HAYDARÇAVUŞ MOSQUE
It was built by Haydar Çavuş in 1570 (during Selim II's reign).It was built as a campus for science
education and Islamic sciences with a library and a workplace. Only the mosque survived until
today. It is a one-domed, square planned mosque. It was made of wood when It was first built. It
burned down completely in the Great Fire of Bandırma in 1874. After that, It was built again in 1877.
This time it was made out of stone. During the Turkish War of Independence, when the Greeks were
withdrawing from Bandırma on the 17th of September 1922, they bombed the mosque. Only the
minaret of the mosque survived. After a short period of time, It was built again in 1923 by Mimar
Kemalettin (Kemalettin the Architect) and was opened again. It is still being used as a mosque today.
Haydar Çavuş Fountain: It is in front of the Haydar Çavuş Mosque. It was built in 1906, during
Abdulhamid II's reign and was renovated many times throughout the years. It was built so that
people can clean themselves before their daily prayers in the mosque. However, today it is only
used as a fountain. The old script on the stones of the fountain reads the lines below:
“ Şahın şah-ı muazzam Abdülhamit Han’ın
Bu çeşme saye-i şâhânesinde dilnişin oldu”
“ Garik-ib sebna-i Gufrân ola Haydar çavuş yarap;
Vakfı bâis ihyâyı âşâr güzin oldu.”
“ Zebân hame-i Hasbi’den aktı bu cevherin tarihi,
Şu Âli çeşme-i