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Atik Ali Pasha Kulliyesi
(Social Complex)
Located on Janissary Street in Çemberlitaş. Atik Ali Pasha Social Complex is one of the oldest Ottoman works in Istanbul. It was built by grand Vizier Hadım Atik Ali Pasha in 1496. It has mosque madrasah and tomb but its imaret, carvanseria and lodge have not survived on the present day. Atik Ali Pasha Mosque was made of kufeki ashlars in an upskide-down T plan. At the skirts of the great dome. wihch is 24 m high and 12,50m wide, there are 16 windows. The dome stands on four giant pillars. This dome is supported by four small domes and a giant half dome from the mihrab ( chncel) side. The mihrab and mimbar (pulpit) were made of white marble. The congregation pew has 5 domes. There is a gingle balcony minaret on the right. There is an unknown tomb and some marble graves from the 17th century in its enclosed graveyard. The madrasah is on the opposite side of the mosque.