İskender Çelebi Camii

The İskender Çelebi Camii is a mosque in Istanbul named after İskender Çelebi, a powerful Ottoman defterdar (finance minister) who served under Suleiman the Magnificent and was executed in 1535. Endowment mosques built in the name of high Ottoman officials were a common form of pious legacy, and many survive across Istanbul as quiet markers of their patrons' former prominence. Concrete details about the mosque's construction date, architect, and current architectural state are scarce; it functions today as a local Sunni place of worship. Those with an interest in Ottoman pious foundations may find it worth seeking out.