Osmanlı Arşiv Belgelerinde Fenari İsa Camisi’ne İlişkin 1894 Depremi Kayıtları

Özet

Fenari Isa Mosque is located at Aksaray, Fatih in Istanbul, at the corner of Vatan Street and Halıcılar Street;an important important historical monument for the Byzantine and Ottoman Period. The building is theConstantinos Lips Monastery Church which was built in the 10th century (Middle Byzantine Period). Thechurch was extended with new buildings in the Paleologan Period. At the end of the 13th century or at thejust begining of the 14th century, a new church (Hagios Ioannes Prodromos Church) was built the south side.Then, at the end of the 14th century a parecclesion and an exonartex were erected. In the 17th century, thebuilding was converted into a mosque with new arrangements.In this article; the effects of the 1894 earthquake on the building and repair works are evaluated with theOttoman archival documents. After the 1894 earthquake, the building was closed because it was ruined. Asit was an old monument (Asar-ı Atika) and used before the earthquake; petitions by local community andauthorities, were submitted to the Sultan for its renovation (According to documents BOA, BEO 517/38754and BOA, EV.MKT 02048.00107). The repair book which is dated 1896 (BOA, İ.EV.13) shows the work itemsabout repair and budget for them, that 27.526 kuruş. The information and quantities given by this documentare checked with drawings of the building and old photographs.From the repair book, we could learn the condition of the building in the 19th century; the exterior wallsof the building were plastered, the roof covering was tile except the domes were lead cover. An importantinformation that learned; the exonarthex had served as a last prayer hall and covered with a timber roof anda timber (bağdâdî) ceiling. The dimensions of the minaret, which was recorded to repair book, show thatthe expansion of it was smaller that the minaret of today.