Murat Pasha Mosque, Aksaray

The Murat Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Murat Paşa Camii) is a 15th century Ottoman mosque squeezed in between two busy roads linking Aksaray and Yusufpaşa in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey.

The mosque was commissioned in 1465-66 by Hass Murad Pasha (mod.

Turkish Has Murat Paşa) [1] and completed after his death by his brother Mesih Pasha, who was buried here.

The mosque is designed in the early Ottoman style perfected in Bursa.

The main space is approached via a narthex rather like those in Byzantine churches.