Tekeli Mehmet Paşa Camii

About Tekeli Mehmet Paşa Camii

Tekeli Mehmet Paşa Camii is a historic mosque in Kaleiçi, built in the early 1600s by Tekeli Mehmet Paşa, an Ottoman statesman also known as Nişancı or Eski Lala Mehmed Paşa, who served as grand vizier, beylerbeyi and governor of Van and died in 1616. The mosque is built entirely of cut stone, with a main dome supported by three half-domes. Above the inner and outer windows is the Münferice Kasidesi, a poem written in talik calligraphy on tile panels, framed with rumi, hatai and stylised floral motifs.