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Construction of the Hamidiye Mosque in Büyükada began in 1883 and was completed in 1895. Built on the orders of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the mosque is an eclectic structure in keeping with the style of the time. It is constructed of cut tufa stone and has two floors. The lower floor has two columns and a flat ceiling.
In its early years, this floor was used as a school for Turkish children. A double-branched staircase leads to the main mosque floor. A staircase on the left side of the last prayer area leads to the upper floor. The mosque space has a rectangular plan, almost a square. Its minaret is also made of cut tufa stone and has a single balcony.
The mosque was damaged in the great Istanbul earthquake when it was first built, but was immediately repaired. It underwent minor repairs in 1960 and a restoration was carried out between 1999 and 2001.
Between 2005 and 2010, the Hamidiye Mosque Association carried out a project to enlarge its courtyard by combining it with the garden of the adjacent house, demolish the unsightly buildings in the courtyard and construct a service building in their place, renovate the toilets to meet modern needs and place them underground, relocate the ablution fountain, and carry out landscaping work, resulting in its current form.
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