[1] The mosque's location was regarded as important to the Valide Sultan and royal family, as Aksaray was a vital commercial center during the Ottoman period.

After numerous local roadworks, the mosque - approached via a grand gateway adorned with fountains - is now below the level of the surrounding streets.

The building is an example of Turkish Rococo with dollops of classical Ottoman, Moroccan, Gothic, Renaissance, and Empire styles.

The mosque is the focal point of a complex that includes a tomb, sebil, fountain, time-keeper's room, library, and medrese.

The mosque's east, west and south façades are all embedded with turrets and the outward-facing projections of their central sections are each capped with a triangular pediment.

There are many classical Ottoman details on the walls including blind niches, muqarnas, arch motifs, arabesques, and Chinese-inspired floral arrangements.

In the year AH 1328/ AD 1911, the medrese of the Pertevniyal Valide Sultain Mosque complex burned down.

[4] A photo-chrome print of the Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque is featured in the “Views of People and Sites in Turkey” from the catalog of the Detroit Publishing Company.