Fethiye Mosque

This building, once an old Byzantine church, has been
converted into a mosque. The church is believed to have
been constructed on the orders of Helena, the daughter
of the Bizantine Emperor Phocas in the 7th cc. During the
reign of Danişmendliler, this large church was converted
into a mosque by Fetih Gazi, the governor of Amasya
and named as Fethiye Camii. The mosque has worn out
considerably in time. Fethiye Mosque which was repaired
and reopened in 1956 was last restored in 2006 by the
General Directorate of Charitable Foundations.
In 1883, Incezade Hacı Mehmet annexed a minaret to
the mosque, which originally had none. Since little has
survived from the original structure of the church and
remaining walls have been plastered and painted white,
the identification of the features of the church has been
impossible. The eastern facade of the mosque, which
is aligned east/ west, is styled in a fashion to form a
hexagon. The entrance is through a small door on the
north facade. On the west facade, there are two rows of
windows placed underneath a wide arched niche.