SOĞUKLUK KISMINDA BULUNAN
FISKIYENİN CİDDİ ÖLÇÜDE
TAHRİP OLMASI SONUCU, BU
DEKORASYON ÖGESİ ÖZGÜN
HALİNE SADIK KALINARAK
YENİDEN TASARLANDI.
THE FOUNTAIN AT THE CENTER OF THE
FRIGIDARIUM HAD TO BE REDESIGNED
TO LOOK LIKE THE ORIGINAL DESIGN
SINCE IT WAS DAMAGED.
the existence of hamam in Istanbul. The social
transformations which took place in Tanzimat and
Republican periods induced a changing spirit of
hamam in Istanbul as an Ottoman architectural
ensemble and as a social space.
KILIÇ ALI PAŞA HAMAM
Ottomans mostly built hamam as a part of a külliye, a
building complex that containes a mosque, a school
and other architectural units, like mausoleum, kitchen,
etc. The Kılıç Ali Paşa Complex in Tophane, built as a
pious foundation by the commission of the Ottoman
Grand Admiral (Kaptan-ı Derya) Kılıç Ali Paşa and
designed by the Master Architect (Ser Mimaran-ı Hassa)
Sinan (1489 - 1588). The whole complex comprises a
mosque, a madrasa, a hamam, a mausoleum, and
a fountain that were constructed between 1578 and
1587. Sinan’s autobiographies list the mosque, the
mausoleum and the commercial hamam. Also Evliya
Çelebi wrote about the building complex, in the first
volume of his famous travelogue. According to the
geographer Mehmed Aşık (1555-1613), the complex was
built on a piece of land reclaimed from the sea: “...
And the mausoleum of the afore-mentioned Ali Pasha
is near his Friday mosque. The Friday mosque, hamam,
madrasa and mausoleum are sited on the lip of the
sea. For their construction, a certain amount of ground
was reclaimed by filling up the sea.”
The hamam constructed in 1580 was one of the many
income producing waqf properties in the vicinity
of the complex. Especially an idea of a bath house
located in front of the Cannon Foundry was particularly
fitting the commercial potential of this area. The
17th century Armenian author Eremya describes the
neighbourhood: “... The quarter where one encounters
rogues, scoundrels and licentious mariners has the
Friday mosque of Kılıç Ali Paşa, a light filled hamam
... and the dormitories of cannoniers where the chief
cannonier resides.”
According to Mustafa Selaniki (d. 1600), the Grand
Admiral’s inheritance was confiscated by the sultan
because he had no legal inheritors. In line with Selaniki,
Kılıç Ali Paşa’s own registered waqfiyya mentions his
children who passed away before his death. The property
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