Bayezid II Hamam

It was historically part of the külliye (religious and charitable complex) of the nearby Bayezid II Mosque and was one of largest hamams in the city.

It was constructed between 1500 and 1505 and the complex included an imaret (public kitchen), a caravanserai, several mausoleums (türbes) and a medrese (madrasa), completed in 1507.

[3] Soon after construction the hamam was donated to a vakfiye (waqf) for another külliye commissioned by Gülbahar Hatun, Bayezid's wife and the mother of Selim I.

[4]) Fragments of the ancient triumphal column from the Forum of Theodosius that once stood nearby were built into the hamam's foundation.

[citation needed] They are popularly associated with Patrona Halil, the Albanian leader of an uprising that deposed Ahmed III in 1730, who is said to have been employed as an hamam attendant (tellak) here.

Although the intended effect was slow to take hold, in the long term it resulted in a greater number of Istanbul bathhouse workers coming from Anatolia, especially from Sivas and Tokat, something that remains true today.