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VALİDE
CEDİD
(YENİ
VALİDE)
complex
consists
of
a
mosque,
the
royal
loge,
mausoleums,
dispensers,
hour
forecasts
house,
fountain,
fountain,
primary
school,
arasta
(shops),
hospices,
constitutional
homes
and
mahyacı
chamber.
According
to
the
history
inscription
on
the
main
door
of
the
mosque,
it
was
built
between
the
years
1708-
1710
on
behalf
of
the
Valide
Sultan
Emetullah
Gulnus,
Ahmed
Ill's
mother.
Although
it
differs
from
the
structures
of
the
class-
ical
period
in
details,
it
was
shaped
under
the
influence
of
Sinan's
architectural
style.
In
particular,
the
mosque
is
like
lite-
rally
a
repeat
of
the
Rustem
Pasha
Mosque
with
small
differences
after
an
absence
of
nearly
150
years.
Settlement
pattern
the
Complex
made
during
the
superinten-
dent
Bekir
Mosque
is:
A
wooden
royal
apartment
was
added
to
the
east
of
mosque
located
in
the
middle
of
a
large
outer
court-
yard
and
integrated
with
an
inner
courtyard.
A
primary
school
is
located
above
the
entrance
on
the
north
side
of
the
outer
court-
yard
and
mahya
room
above
it,
7
shops
outside
of
the
east
of
this
entry
and
cistern
and
toilets
in
the
west
of
the
courtyard.
Soup
kitchen
previously
used
as
fodla
(bread-
bakery)
oven
is
located
outside
and
on
the
north
of
the
complex.
Yeni
Valide
Mosque,
as
an
example
of
octagonal
central
location
mosque
plan
in
the
18th
century,
is
a
cross
planned
layout.
The
central
dome
is
on
eight
feet.
The
main
door
and
the
loges
lo-
cated
on
the
hall
on
two
sides
reflect
the
style
of
the
period
with
marble
balustrades.
The
narthex
of
the
mosque
is
vaulted
at
the
en-
trance
and
at
the
edges
with
domes
both
sides
of
the
entrance.
There
is
an
octagonal
fountain
in
the
middle
of
the
courtyard.
Sul-
tan's
pavilion
outside
and
adjacent
to
the
mosque
building
is
raised
on
three
wood
and
two
stone
columns.
The
open
tomb
where
Gulnus
Emetullah
Valide
Sultan
was
buried
is
on
the
wall
of
the
outer
courtyard
of
the
complex.
The
northeast
corner
of
the
outer
court-
yard,
a
water
dispenser
is
made
adjacent
to
the
tomb.
An
hour
fore-
cast
house
is
located
in
the
west
of
and
adjacent
to
the
tomb.
The
building
is
square
in
plan
and
its
road
frontage
was
structured
as
a
three-sided.
There
is
a
fountain
in
the
north
of
the
dispenser
built
at
the
same
time.
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