Накилбенд (мечеть)

Nakilbend Mosque, known locally as Hasan Ağa Nakilbent Mosque, stands in the Küçük Ayasofya quarter of Istanbul. Sources also give its name as Nakilbent or Nahilbend. It is registered as a cultural asset requiring protection. The building is a rectangular masonry structure with walls of rubble stone and arches of brick. Its interior measures 16.60 by 10.60 metres, and the roof is covered with tiles. The mihrab is of marble, while the minbar and the pulpit (kürsü) are of wood. The mosque has a five-bay portico for late-arriving worshippers and a single-balcony minaret built of alternating courses of stone and brick. Windows line the side facade facing Gelinlik Sokağı.

According to the sources, the mosque was built in the 15th century by Hacı Hasan Ağa, the armourer (silahtar) of Çandarlı Halil Pasha, on top of a cellar.

A fire on 3 June 1912 damaged the building and left it unusable, and it stood in ruins for a time. It was later repaired by the local community. In 1962 the portico, previously made of wood, was rebuilt in reinforced concrete and added to the structure.