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The
Great
Bath,
located
on
Hakimiyeti
Milliye
Street
in
Üsküdar,
was
built
in
1583
by
Sultan
II.
Selim's
wife
and
III.
It
was
built
by
Mimar
Sinan
by
Murad's
mother,
Nurbanu
Sultan,
to
provide
income
for
the
Valide-i
Atik
Complex.
The
building,
built
in
the
double
bath
type,
ceased
to
be
foundation
property
in
the
mid-18th
century
and
was
rented
to
individuals
uninterruptedly
until
the
end
of
World
War
I.
The
economic
collapse
and
social
crises
experienced
after
this
date
caused
the
bath
to
be
closed.
The
valuable
parts
of
the
bath,
which
was
used
as
a
warehouse
for
a
while,
were
plundered,
its
original
architecture
was
destroyed
with
the
expropriations
implemented
as
a
result
of
the
destructive
attitudes
of
the
governments
of
the
period
towards
historical
monuments,
and
its
main
function
was
almost
forgotten.
During
the
road
expansion
works
in
1959,
the
bath's
changing
rooms
were
also
demolished.
During
the
restoration
works
started
in
the
bath
in
1962,
many
unconscious
practices
were
carried
out
that
destroyed
the
monumental
integrity
of
the
bath.
The
iwans
in
the
warm
section
of
the
work
were
divided
with
aluminum
joinery
and
turned
into
shops,
and
the
walls
between
the
warm
walls
were
demolished.
A
reinforced
concrete
additional
structure
was
built
adjacent
to
the
furnace
wall
of
the
bath,
using
materials
contrary
to
its
historical
structure.
This
building
has
now
been
expanded
to
gain
more
space.
The
main
sections
of
the
bath,
all
passages
of
which
have
been
erased,
have
become
unrecognizable,
and
the
interior
architecture
of
the
building
has
been
virtually
destroyed.
The
bath,
which
has
been
serving
as
Mimar
Sinan
Bazaar
since
1964,
is
also
known
as
Çarşı
Hamam
and
Yeşil
Direkli
Hamam.
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