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Fatih Madrasah
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Fatih Sultan Mehmed built rooms, a tradition house and a madrasah for 150 students to live in. The madrasah was not adjacent to Hagia Sophia; on the other hand there was a covered passing in between. According to the current remnants, there were a rectangular layout, 46 cells in inner court and also a vaulted water distribution structure in the middle of the large court. The famous Turkish scientist Ali Kuşçu had been a professor of this Madrasah. Being the professor of Hagia Sophia was an important duty. The lectures of Ali Kuşçu here had drawn heavy attention and many famous scientists of the day had attended to the lectures of Ali Kuşçu as well. The need for Hagia Sophia Madrasah decreased when Sahn-i Seman Madrasah within Fatih Compound was commissioned in Fatih Sultan Mehmed period and Hagia Sophia Madrasah lost its significance in 1479. Hagia Sophia Madrasah underwent a new repair in during the repairs of Fosatti Brothers in Sultan Abdülmecid period. Madrasah destroyed during the landscape designing in 1869-1870 during Sultan Abdulaziz period and a new madrasah built on the foundations of the old one in 1874 and one more layer was added on it. There were 22 cells around two courts in this madrash.The building had been used until 1924; it had been pulled down in 1936. The remnants of foundations revealed by excavations in 1983. |
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