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Queen Mother Mosque: 1. The New Mosque (Yeni Cami), popularly known as the Queen Mother Mosque (Valide Cami), looms up close to the Istanbul end of the Galata Bridge. The forceful lady whom it honors was a 17th-century dowager who, like Justinian, did some temple plundering in Asia Minor to get the materials she desired. She was the mother of Mehmet IV. This building is not an outstanding work of architecture but its mounting mass of domes, in such a setting, is imposing.
8. Finally, there is the Mihri Mah Mosque, built by Princess Mihri Mah, who was a daughter of Suleiman the Magnificent and Queen Roxe-lana. The master architect, Sinan Aga, was its designer, and although reconstruction has been necessary as recently as 1907, its original lines and luminous cheerfulness have been faithfully retained. It seems to fit the name of the princess.
Perhaps you will wish to conclude mosque wanderings with a relaxing visit to the Cafe of Pierre Loti.
A mosque tour can be very confusing to the visitor whose brief time compels him to crowd one mosque upon another upon another. I shall try to construct a step-by-step path, followable with a map, that includes eight of the most important ones. The Turkish word for mosque, I may say at the start, is cami, sometimes spelled jami, in English.
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