A Long Story: The Construction of Cihangir Mosque

This article consists on the long-standing reconstruction of the Cihangir mosque built on a hill that overlooking the Bosporus in the name of the son of the magnificent Sultan Suleiman, ？ehzade Cihangir. ？n this study, primarily the repairs that the mosque underwent and eventually the 15-year 7-month reconstruction period from 1873 when Sultan Abdülaziz started to 1890 when Abdülhamid II. had it completed was discussed. Meanwhile, within the framework of a small mosque construction, it is possible to reach the economic difficulties of the Ottoman Empire and its monetary policy and the awkwordness of bureaucracy. As a result, the mosque underwent an architectural change in which the westernization process could be seen, but it also retained the basic architectural structure of the 16th century