Ankara Hacı İvaz Mescidi

Abstract

Haci Ivaz masjid, which is located in Ankara in the Oguz neighbourhood, belongs to the early period of Ottoman architecture. The masjid, which was subject to a number of earlier studies, studied in detail from architectural perspective and ornamental characterisrics in this article. According to its ornamentative traits, it was dated by the researchers as the period between the end of the 14th century and at the begining of the 15 th century. The founder of the masjid was accepted as Haji Ivaz Pasha, who was a prominent statesman and also an architect. The masjid appears from the outside like an house, and its mihrab, which extends from the ground to the ceil like all of the Ankara mihrabs, consisted of completely, stucco materials and it has geometrical ornamentations and vegetal designs. The formation of wooden ceiling which stands on the wooden pillars and ceiling ornamentations have great importance. The geometrical designs in the stucco ornamentations belong to the Anatolian Seljukids period’s while the vegetal designs bear the traits of early Ottoman ornamentation. The masjid, which is a part of the Anatolian Seljukids, the Anatolian Principalities and early Ottoman period construction chains in Ankara, has a special value because its bridges the earlier constructions with the later ones.